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bloomers
/ ˈbluːməz /
plural noun
- informal.women's or girls' baggy knickers
- (formerly) loose trousers gathered at the knee worn by women for cycling and athletics
- Also calledrational dress history long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
Word History and Origins
Origin of bloomers1
Example Sentences
It was a pleasantly lush Dolce & Gabbana romp filled with shaped dresses, circle skirts, and bloomers.
She wrapped the models' naked torsos in sheer swathes of tulle, and left prim coats open in the back to reveal frilly bloomers.
She took off Benny's little crinkled blouse and one pair of bloomers, and started to hang them on the line.
Try a bed of these ever-bloomers for a season and you will never afterward be without them.
Verily, the spirit of that Filipina in an American would have emboldened her to wear—bloomers?
Propped up with a disordered heap of these cushions sat Mrs. Hildreth Baxter, in blouse and bloomers; she was reading.
I caught the white gleam of one of her pretty legs where the elastic on one side of her bloomers had slipped up.
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