bloomers
bloomers noun: any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body. Also the plural of bloomer.
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Noun
bloomers pl (plural only, attributive bloomer)
- Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
- Fanny, knowing this, had made up her mind to go straight to Horn & Udell. Now, Horn & Udell are responsible for the bloomers your small daughter wears under her play frock, in place of the troublesome and extravagant petticoat of the old days.1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself
- Moreover, the family realized perfectly that Alix would have clipped her thick hair, and taken to bloomers or knickerbockers outright, […]c. 1920, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Sisters
- Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.
Also used as
bloomers is also the plural of bloomer.
Forms of bloomers
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Origin of bloomers
Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894).
Phrases with bloomers
Questions about bloomers
- What does bloomers mean?
- Bloomers means any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
- What part of speech is bloomers?
- Bloomers is a noun.
Words near bloomers in the dictionary
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