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bloomers

noun

Etymology

Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894).

Definitions

  1. Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.

    • Moreover, the family realized perfectly that Alix would have clipped her thick hair, and taken to bloomers or knickerbockers outright, […]

  2. Women’s underpants with short legs

    Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.

  3. plural of bloomer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA