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Noun: bloomers  bloo-mu(r)z
Usage: archaic
  1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women
    "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing";
    - pants, drawers, knickers [Brit], knicks [Brit, informal]
Noun: bloomer  bloo-mu(r)
  1. A flower that blooms in a particular way
    "a night bloomer"
     
  2. [informal] An embarrassing mistake
    "The bloomer in scheduling resulted in double-booked meeting rooms";
    - blunder, blooper [N. Amer, informal], bungle, pratfall [informal], foul-up [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], botch, boner [N. Amer, informal], boo-boo [informal], boob [Brit, informal], goof [informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  3. [Brit] A rounded loaf of white bread
    "He sliced the fresh bloomer for sandwiches"

Type of: chuddies [UK, dialect], error, fault, flower, mistake, pants [Brit], underdacks [Austral], underdaks [Austral], underpants, undershorts [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Bloomers

Bloomer, Steve