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bloomer
noun (MISTAKE) /ˈbluː.mər/
/-mɚ/ UK old-fashioned slangDefinition
(Definition of bloomer noun (MISTAKE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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