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"Embarrassing error"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (BLOOMER).
Definitions
an embarrassing mistake
Word origin
From Middle English blomer, from blome (“iron ingot”) (modern English bloom), from Old English blōma.
Used in a sentence
“What's more, I claim that Elmer's biggest mistake wasn't the one he made at Cedarville before six thousand witnesses. His prize bloomer was pulled in Hoboken before three witnesses”
“"You know," pursued Reggie seriously, "I think you are making the bloomer of a lifetime over this hat-swatting chappie. You've misjudged him. He's a first-rate sort.[…]”
“After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.”
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01“Embarrassing error”7 letters
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