Meaning of Bloomers | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
   dated, plural, plural-only
2. Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.
   informal, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Fanny, knowing this, had made up her mind⟳ to go straight to Horn & Udell. Now, Horn & Udell are responsible for the bloomers your small daughter wears under her play⟳ frock, in place⟳ of the troublesome and extravagant petticoat of the old days.”

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

“Yet so radioactive were her nerves[…] that she was more energetic than any of the hulking young women who, with calves bulging in heavy-ribbed woolen stockings beneath decorous blue serge bloomers, thuddingly galloped across the floor of the “gym” in practise⟳ for the Blodgett Ladies' Basket-Ball Team.”

“Ladies’ grey flannelette bloomers, three shillings a pair, astonishing bargain. Plain and loved, loved for ever, they say⟳.”

“But the truth was, her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got the leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted [...] "If you will be in these sort⟳ of adventures, you should wear⟳ bloomers."”

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