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Etymology

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child +‎ -wear

Noun

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childwear (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of childrenswear
    • 1982, Exclusively Yours, volume 35, numbers 9-15, page 66:
      Tourists are particularly fascinated by the latest in Chinese childwear, pants which are purposely split in the rear, revealing bare buttocks and permitting “instant relief" without the inconvenience of undressing or undiapering the child.