pompon
the high plume at the front of a shako.
Horticulture. a form of small, globe-shaped flower head that characterizes a class or type of various flowering plants, especially chrysanthemums and dahlias.
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How to use pompon in a sentence
It came four months later, as she stood on the sidelines of a tournament basketball game, clutching a pompon in each hand.
He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe poor pompon, exceedingly perplexed, tugged at his beard, thoughtfully gnawing wisps of it.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetIt may be, child, for anything that I know; because I do not know what part of all this frippery thy pompon is.
Thackerayana | William Makepeace Thackeray
It is the most conspicuous feature of the military uniform, the plume, the pompon, which marks all kinds of military dress-hats.
Captain Jinks, Hero | Ernest Crosby
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