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blouson

[ blou-son, -zon, bloo-zohn, bloo-zon ]

noun

  1. a woman's outer garment having a drawstring, belt, or similar closing, at or below the waist, which causes it to blouse.


adjective

  1. of or relating to such a garment, the style it exemplifies, or something considered to resemble this style, as a hairdo:

    a blouson dress; the blouson effect; a blouson bob.

blouson

/ ˈbluːzɒn /

noun

  1. a short jacket or top having the shape of a blouse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blouson1

1900–05; < French, equivalent to blouse blouse + -on noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blouson1

C20: French
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Example Sentences

In goes a tussled twin in an open-V teddy bear coat with a cow print, out comes a groomed version in an unbuttoned sheer black blouson with shiny pants.

Wide belts defined the silhouette, giving shape to long shirt dresses and crisp, airy blouson tops, and offering utility with tiny, snapped pockets and a hook for pretty mesh gloves.

Her sparkler had long blouson sleeves and a high neck.

Like many hipsters and countless musicians of the late 1950s, he favored Cuban-collared shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, slip-on loafers and blouson jackets — a style that men’s wear labels like Prada revisit with clocklike regularity.

Like many hipsters and countless musicians of the late 1950s, he favored Cuban-collared shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, slip-on loafers and blouson jackets — a style that men’s wear labels like Prada revisit with clocklike regularity.

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