Lexicographical Neighbors of Pompoons
Literary usage of Pompoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ingoldsby Legends, Or, Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel (1865)
"... and Lords, In bag-wigs and swords; And the troops, and the groups, Of fine
Ladies in hoops; The pompoons, the toupees, and the diamonds and feathers, ..."
2. The Ingoldsby legends; or, Mirth and marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby. With a by Richard Harris Barham (1856)
"... the castle of Leeds his;) Esquires, Knights, and Lords, In bag-wigs and swords;
And the troops, and the groups Of fine Ladies in hoops ; The pompoons, ..."
3. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"... Paris net and catgut pompoons, bugles, bugle stomachers, painted bone and
ivory stick fans and black velvet masks, 1754; enamelled snuff and patch-boxes ..."
4. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"... cauls, and silk belts, 1750; velvet masks, black patches, and an assortment
of fans and necklaces, 1751; Paris net and catgut pompoons, bugles, ..."
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