bloomers

bloom·er ¹

 (blo͞o′mər)

n.

1.

a. A plant that blooms.

b. A person who attains full maturity and competence: a late bloomer.

2. Slang A blunder.

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bloomer2

skirt and pants as shown on a c. 1851 cover of sheet music for Bloomer Waltz, composed by William Dressler

bloom·er ²

 (blo͞o′mər)

n.

1. An outfit formerly worn by women and girls consisting of loose pants gathered about the ankles and worn under a skirt.

2. bloomers

a. Wide, loose pants gathered at the knee and formerly worn by women and girls for exercising and athletics.

b. Girls' underpants of similar design.

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[After Amelia Jenks Bloomer.]

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bloomers

(ˈbluːməz)

pl n

1. informal women's or girls' baggy knickers

2. (formerly) loose trousers gathered at the knee worn by women for cycling and athletics

3. history Also called: rational dress long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt

[from bloomer, a garment introduced in about 1850 and publicized by Mrs A. Bloomer (1818–94), US social reformer]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bloomers - underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" pants, drawers, knickers underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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Translations

bloomers

[ˈbluːməz] NPL → bombachos mpl, pantaletas fpl (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bloomers

[ˈbluːmə^rz] npl (= underwear) → culotte f bouffante

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bloomers

pl → Pumphose f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bloomers

[ˈbluːməz] npl → mutandoni mpl a sbuffo

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