pompon, black margate, Anisotremus surinamensis
(noun) dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
pompon, pom-pom
(noun) decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pompon (plural pompons)
A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.
A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
Source: Wiktionary
Pom"pon, n. Etym: [F.]
1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
