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Noun: bloomer  bloo-mu(r)
  1. A flower that blooms in a particular way
    "a night bloomer"
     
  2. [informal] An embarrassing mistake
    - blunder, blooper [N. Amer, informal], bungle, pratfall [informal], foul-up, flub [N. Amer, informal], botch, boner [N. Amer, informal], boo-boo [informal], goof [informal], boob [Brit, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  3. [Brit] A rounded loaf of white bread

Derived forms: bloomers

Type of: error, fault, flower, mistake

Encyclopedia: Bloomer, Thomas

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