pomponed
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- Having a pompon or pompons.
- 2002, Mike Greenhough, “Mercury Rising”, in Writing Wrongs: The Canongate Prize for New Writing, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN, page 80:
- It was soft, but sudden – Ms Goodwin’s approach having been muted by luxurious and pomponed carpet slippers.
- 2008, Monica Ferrell, The Answer Is Always Yes, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →ISBN, page 208:
- Sophie stomped over to the bed, wearing an ugly pink pomponed hat, hands pinioned grimly to her waist.
- 2010, Elana Gomel, “Going East”, in Rachel Swirsky, Sean Wallace, editors, People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy, [Rockville, Md.?]: Prime Books, →ISBN, page 155:
- I idly watched the feet passing by, trying to guess their owners’ sex and age. It was not difficult. The gaping shoes of old men held together by twine; the dainty sandals of girls, the toes curling inwards from the cold; the pomponed booties of children, their bright colors dimmed by dirt.