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noun

Pompon n.

Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.

(Mil.) 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.

(a)

A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers.

(b)

Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

The globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.

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.

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Etymology of 'Pompon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pompon" Quotes from Famous Books

... quite so far, the actor showed himself none the less exacting. According to his ideas, Deborah, the tragedienne at the Odeon—a Greek statue!—had too large hands, and the fascinating Blanche Pompon at the Varietes was a ...

— A Romance of Youth, Complete • Francois Coppee

... such work. It was the season when the flowering currant puts on its gala dress of pink blossoms, and the banks of the creek for a long distance were like a flower garden. On the higher ground the beautiful Zygadene plant, with its pompon of white star-shaped flowers, and long graceful leaves, grew in profusion. Maidenhair ferns, the only variety we saw, sent forth their delicate streamers from every nook and cranny, forming a carpet of ...

— Byways Around San Francisco Bay • William E. Hutchinson

Words linked to "Pompon" : adornment, Anisotremus surinamensis