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pompon

[ pom-pon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pompom ¹( def 1 ).
the high plume at the front of a shako.
Horticulture. a form of small, globe-shaped flower head that characterizes a class or type of various flowering plants, especially chrysanthemums and dahlias.
black margate.

Origin of pompon¹

1740–50; < French; repetitive formation, apparently based on pompe pomp

It came four months later, as she stood on the sidelines of a tournament basketball game, clutching a pompon in each hand.

He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.

The pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.

The poor Pompon, exceedingly perplexed, tugged at his beard, thoughtfully gnawing wisps of it.

It may be, child, for anything that I know; because I do not know what part of all this frippery thy pompon is.

It is the most conspicuous feature of the military uniform, the plume, the pompon, which marks all kinds of military dress-hats.

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