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tankini noun. A tank top combined with a bikini bottom.

Example Citation:
"The truth is, for years Go! desperately wanted to be a guitarist. And singer. It was a goal akin to, say, trying to scale Everest in flip-flops and a tankini, by which we mean utterly hopeless, given Go!'s minimal vocal range and inability to make the simplest bar chord without triple-checking the fret board."
—Hayley Kaufmann, "Go! Monday," The Boston Globe, December 27, 1999

Related Word:
camikini

Subject Category:
Culture - Clothing

Posted on March 23, 2000 at 11:53 AM
Updated on March 23, 2000 at 11:53 AM


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