childwear en · NOUN
Etymology
From child + -wear.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Synonym of childrenswear.
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.
1982, Exclusively Yours, volume 35, numbers 9-15, page 66: