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quot;Careful, or he'll see your bloomers!" I don't know why this is a phrase I've heard from time to time. I always assumed bloomers were another term for underpants, and it turns out I'm not the only to have thought that. Bloomers have an interesting history in clothing one that sheds a nearly double-meaning on…
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