bloomers

[ UK /blˈuːməz/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫumɝz/ ]
NOUN
  1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women
    she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing
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How To Use bloomers In A Sentence

  • The following list is by no means exhaustive, but will give you ideas for some early bloomers that are good bets for producing flowers in late winter and early spring.
  • The pyrenean prunella has large purple heads; the false dragonhead (_Physostegia_), pale rose-purple spikes; centranthuses, cymes of red and white; centaureas, heads of yellow, blue, and purple; pinks, divers shades of red and white; and monkshoods, hoods of blue or white; and all are very hardy, ready growers, and copious bloomers. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
  • This anxiety over bloomers is evident in an 1889 article describing a women's athletic club. "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930
  • From now through mid-March, deciduous trees show off their elegant forms, primroses are in flower, and winter bloomers such as witch hazel and sarcococca are perfuming the air.
  • Tuck summer bloomers like purple verbena, yellow daisylike helianthus, purple coneflower, and coreopsis behind it.
  • This book will be in the new type with a fresh set of historiated 'bloomers' designed by C.R. ASHBEE. 250 copies. Mr. Edward Arnold's New and Popular Books, December, 1901
  • They were replaced by short skirts and bloomers and, eventually, just form-fitting shorts and shirts.
  • She pointed out, continuing to remove her clothes until she stood in front of them with only a pair of bloomers and an undershirt.
  • Other coloured knickers, bloomers, pants and drawers peeping out of the top of low slung trackies do not count.
  • Given this culture, the delight of abandoning long skirts and dresses, corsets and tight waists, and high button shoes for the bloomers, middy blouses, and comfortable walking shoes of camp was a welcomed liberty.
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