mamelucker

Swedish

kvinna i korsett och mamelucker [woman in corset and bloomers]

Mimmi Pigg har mamelucker på sig [Minnie Mouse wears bloomers]

mamelucker (sense 2)

Noun

mamelucker c pl

1. bloomers (usually loose-fitting, mid-thigh length women's undergarment, often with a ruffle at the bottom)

   mormors mamelucker

   grandma's bloomers

3. (historical) pantalettes (long women's underpants)

Usage notes

Has old-fashioned connotations like in English.

Declension

Declension of mamelucker
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	-	-	mamelucker	mameluckerna
Genitive	-	-	mameluckers	mameluckernas

See also

• papiljott

References

• mamelucker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mamelucker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mameluck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)