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pompon
CIDE DICTIONARY
pompon, n. [F.].
- Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. [1913 Webster]
- A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako), instead of a feather. [1913 Webster]
- A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums. [PJC]
- a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports contests. See pompom girl. Called also
pompom . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pompon, n. (also pompom)
1 an ornamental ball or bobble made of wool, silk, or ribbons, usu. worn on women's or children's hats or clothing.
2 the round tuft on a soldier's cap, the front of a shako, etc.
3 (often attrib.) a dahlia or chrysanthemum with small tightly-clustered petals.
1 an ornamental ball or bobble made of wool, silk, or ribbons, usu. worn on women's or children's hats or clothing.
2 the round tuft on a soldier's cap, the front of a shako, etc.
3 (often attrib.) a dahlia or chrysanthemum with small tightly-clustered petals.
Etymology
F, of unkn. orig.
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