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Bloomʹerism

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A female costume; so called from Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, of New York, who tried in 1849 to introduce the fashion. The dress consisted of a short skirt and loose trousers gathered closely round the ankles—becoming enough to young ladies in their teens, but ridiculous for “the fat and forty.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bloody (The)
Bloody Assizes
Bloody Bill
Bloody-bones
Bloody Butcher
Bloody Hand
Bloody Wedding
Bloody Week (The)
Bloom
Bloomerism
Blount (Charles)
Blouse
1. Blow (To)
2. Blow (To)
3. Blow (To)
4. Blow
Blow a Cloud
Blow Me (an oath)
Blow Out (A)
Blow-point