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

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

Origin of bloomers

1
from bloomer, a garment introduced in about 1850 and publicized by Mrs A. Bloomer (1818–94), US social reformer

Words Nearby bloomers

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How to use bloomers in a sentence

  • Propped up with a disordered heap of these cushions sat Mrs. Hildreth Baxter, in blouse and bloomers; she was reading.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • I caught the white gleam of one of her pretty legs where the elastic on one side of her bloomers had slipped up.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp