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.
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bloomers, (used with a plural verb)
a.
loose trousers gathered at the knee, formerly worn by women as part of a gymnasium, riding, or other sports outfit.
b.
women's underpants of similar, but less bulky, design.
c.
the trousers of a bloomer costume.
d.
any of various women's garments with full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge.
(of a woman's garment) having full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge: bloomer shorts.
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Bloomeris always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a person who develops skills, abilities, interests, etc., commensurate with his or her capacities: a quiet, methodical child who became a late bloomer.