bloomer (3)

  • 11Bloomer — [blo͞om′ər] Amelia Jenks [jeŋks] 1818 94; U.S. social reformer & feminist …

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  • 12bloomer — bloomer1 /blooh meuhr/, n. 1. a costume for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat. 2. bloomers, (used with a pl. v.) a …

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  • 13Bloomer — Culottes bloomer (burumā) japonais Un bloomer (ブルマー, burumā?) est un …

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  • 14bloomer — I bloo•mer [[t]ˈblu mər[/t]] n. 1) clo a costume for women, introduced about 1850, consisting of a short skirt and loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle 2) clo bloomers, (used with a pl. v.) a) loose trousers gathered at the knee,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15bloomer — [19] Bloomers, long loose trousers worn by women, were not actually invented by someone called Bloomer – the credit for that seems to go to a Mrs Elizabeth Smith Miller of New York – but their first advocate was Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–94), a… …

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  • 16bloomer — [19] Bloomers, long loose trousers worn by women, were not actually invented by someone called Bloomer – the credit for that seems to go to a Mrs Elizabeth Smith Miller of New York – but their first advocate was Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–94), a… …

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  • 17bloomer — I. noun Date: 1727 1. a plant that blooms 2. a person who reaches full competence or maturity < he was a late bloomer as a writer > 3. [blooming] a stupid blunder II. noun Etymology: Amelia Bloomer …

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  • 18bloomer — UK [ˈbluːmə(r)] / US [ˈblumər] noun [countable] Word forms bloomer : singular bloomer plural bloomers British informal old fashioned a silly or embarrassing mistake …

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  • 19Bloomer — Original name in latin Bloomer Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 45.10024 latitude 91.48877 altitude 300 Population 3539 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 20bloomer — /ˈblumə/ (say bloohmuh) noun 1. a plant which blooms. 2. Colloquial an embarrassingly foolish mistake; laughable blunder: *too ashamed to come out and face me after a bloomer like that –norman lindsay, 1938. {bloom1 + er1} …