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pompom girl

American  

noun

  1. a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.

Etymology

Origin of pompom girl

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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“She was a pompom girl and a debater,” he writes in his précis of Ms. Mayer’s childhood.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2015

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