Regularly in pl. Loose trousers reaching to the knee or knickerbockers worn by women for bicycling, gymnasium practice, etc.; called also ‘rational dress’. Also, a woman's knee-length undergarment (the usual sense in later usage).
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I guess there was a boys' basketball. I don 't know. 'Cause when they were in the gym we weren 't allowed in and when we were in the gym they didn 't come in. We had to wear those silly looking middies and bloomers. |
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And, you-know, wear these bloomers, kind-of underneath. And then you 'd make the shakers out of crepe-paper. And you trained hard for it. I mean, it was a pretty big deal that they had this cheerleading competition. |
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Speaker: Well it wasn't too bad, it was um, white blouse and um, a jumper. Navy blue. So y-- it was okay. Yeah. Although our gym suits was big bloomers down to here (laughs). Interviewer: Oh (laughs). Speaker: And the skirt I think down to there, so if you were playing basketball or playing baseball, it was no fun. |
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Speaker: And I don't know that we- was- we had a nice roast-beef dinner and-everything. And I was chewing away and chewing away with that. And I thought "Oh, I can't g-- eat that." So when nobody was watching- I went into my- had bloomers with you-know elastic on it? That's where I put- that's where I put- that's how you got rid of it (laughs) |
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