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/ˈpɑmˌpɑn/
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NOUN
- dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
- decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
How To Use pompon In A Sentence
- Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to [6604] worship by all means the gods of the place, et unumquemque, Topicum deum sic coli oportere, quomodo ipse praeceperit: which Cecilius in [6605] Minutius labours, and would have every nation sacrorum ritus gentiles habere et deos colere municipes, keep their own ceremonies, worship their peculiar gods, which Pomponius Mela reports of the Anatomy of Melancholy
- She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green. Madame Bovary
- This was the devastating viaticum of Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France.
- Anemone-centred, pompon, spider-form, incurved, reflexed and quill-shaped are names attributed to some of the flower shapes.
- The rosettes on the hips, pompons on the tail and puffs on the leg all reflect the frivolity of the French aristocracy, and have been kept by breeders who wish to preserve the dog's historic tradition.
- Their outfit often includes quilted socks with bright red pompons on the toes.
- And also in Boston, out of the British consulate, is biotech specialist Alice Pomponio, whose position is part funded by Scottish Enterprise.
- First there's the tui, a grackle-size bird with blue-black and purple hues, filamentous white feathers woven through its nape and a white, tufty throat pompon worn like a bow tie.
- Tumans could be goffered or pleated and were decorated with pompons made from color silk or gold threads.
- In 1990, Lawrence Herkimer, inventor of a type of pompon, said, "If times get bad, a father would sell the boat before he would tell his daughter she can't have pompons and her cheerleader sweater. Many Have Claimed