Originally Posted by
Androidpk
The name tank top, recorded in English since 1968, is derived from its resemblance to a tank suit, a style of one-piece women's swimsuit with shoulder straps. Its name derives from the 1920s term swimming tank, which is an obsolete term for what is now called a swimming pool. There is a female swimming version of the tank top, the tankini (a portmanteau of the words tank top and bikini)
I now know more about tank tops than I ever needed to know and all before 10am on a Monday! I might start calling pools swimming tanks. I like that.
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