The English word "" pumpkin '' may derive from the French word pompon, which in turn may derive from the Greek pepon. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I suppose a pompon may have hit him in the head, too. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » 508:] Reference
The shape of the pieces for the elongated pompon would be cut like pattern "a.". From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
Our left has touched them, and as I write this our pompon on that side has a couple of goes. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
The edges of these pieces are left raw, and enough are used to make the pompon appear quite compact. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
I feel pretty good about teaching the chants and cheers, it's creating a pompon routine that's terrifying me. From Wordnik.com. [Eek!] Reference
The pompon added his bark, but he has never yet bitten anybody: him the Devons despise, and have christened with a coarse name. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
His quip earned him a playful swat with her orange and blue pompon. From Wordnik.com. [The Demopolis Times] Reference
That pompon, saved for so many years, to be used for such a purpose!. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and others of the family] Reference
In three years he could wear the velvet suit with the cap and pompon. From Wordnik.com. [Frances Waldeaux] Reference
"Supervisors same; but with a gold pompon on top the helmet," he observed. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of the Game] Reference
About 235 girls came to this year's tryouts for the 2010-2011 cheer and pompon squads. From Wordnik.com. [The Norman Transcript Homepage] Reference
She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
NORMAN - About 235 girls came to this year's tryouts for the 2010-2011 cheer and pompon squads. From Wordnik.com. [The Norman Transcript Homepage] Reference
The Chrysanthemum Society has divided the blooms into 13 different categories, such as spider or pompon. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference
Shoes with a pompon adorned his feet, and a rakish cap decorated with white satin ribbons crowned his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference
Loo, pushing Susy aside to arrange her own blue turban, out of which she plucked the pink pompon to give Merry. From Wordnik.com. [Jack and Jill] Reference
Had it not been for Miss Day's pompon being torn off, I have no doubt this would have been the course of events. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles] Reference
He was decorated with a white-braided cord bridle with silk rosettes and he wore between his ears a feather pompon. From Wordnik.com. [Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle] Reference
Susan directed yet another swat at her husband, this one not quite as playful as the last good-natured shot with her pompon. From Wordnik.com. [The Demopolis Times] Reference
It is the most conspicuous feature of the military uniform, the plume, the pompon, which marks all kinds of military dress-hats. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Jinks, Hero] Reference
Nice touch: the Baja California peninsula doubles as an elongated heel, while India's shoetip is decorated with a pompon - i.e. Sri Lanka. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
These sailor lads thrive on lost causes, and it was at Ghent they won from the Germans their nickname of "Les demoiselles au pompon rouge.". From Wordnik.com. [Golden Lads] Reference
"Enough to make a whole Tam-O'-Shanter!" exclaimed Mary jubilantly, "and a fluffy pompon on top!. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Ware's Promised Land] Reference
November 18, 2008 at 2:36 pm pompon. From Wordnik.com. [Baths are gud u saiz? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
And I sewed on the last pompon. From Wordnik.com. [The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays] Reference
On one of them the pompon was missing. From Wordnik.com. [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference
Take a hike, pompon girls. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
There is a pompon on the end of the tail. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
"the girls with the red pompon.". From Wordnik.com. [Golden Lads] Reference
For "pompon" read "pompone.". From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
"large-flowering," "pompon, or small-flowered," "early flowering,". From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
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