"b'loon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: b'loons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} b'loon (plural b'loons)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of balloon. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: balloon

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1878, Sophie May [pseudonym; Rebecca Sophia Clarke], “Not the End of it”, in Little Pitchers, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, pages 75–76:",
          "text": "“What!” cried Nunky, “those three balloons all spoiled in one day!” “Whew! that’s mean!” said Pollio. “But then,” added he, brightening, “now you won’t feel so bad any more, Nunky, if you didn’t have any b’loons when you were a little boy; for they don’t pay.”",
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