Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloomer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloomer \Bloom"er\, n. [From Mrs. Bloomer, an American, who
sought to introduce this style of dress.]
1. A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with
loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a
broad-brimmed hat.
2. A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloomer
n 1: a flower that blooms in a particular way; "a night bloomer"
2: an embarrassing mistake [syn: {blunder}, {blooper}, {bungle},
{foul-up}, {fuckup}, {flub}, {botch}, {boner}, {boo-boo}]
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