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noun

Balmoral n.

A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. "A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes."

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Etymology of 'Balmoral'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Balmoral" Quotes from Famous Books

... a week at Balmoral by the breakdown of the coach on these dreadful roads, I telegraphed to Hamilton for a conveyance; and the Superintendent of the Sunday School, dear Mr. Laidlaw, volunteered, in order to reduce expenses, to spend ...

— The Story of John G. Paton - Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals • James Paton

... and curly black head disappeared, the little lodging-house room, with its round rosewood table, its horsehair sofa, its chiffonnier, and its prints of 'Sport at Balmoral' and 'The Mother's Kiss,' had resumed the dingy formality ...

— The History of David Grieve • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... been imposed upon by one of his young men. Our friend, whose susceptibility to the wiles of impostors, though an amiable weakness, somewhat militates against his perfect success in life, has printed a paragraph announcing that the QUEEN will leave Balmoral on Friday the 20th inst. at half-past two in the afternoon, Her MAJESTY reaching Windsor at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. It is twenty-five minutes to three when the Royal train will start, and ...

— Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891 • Various

... of attention at first, I am sure; medicine and new clothes and whippings,—all manner of things. You remember I promised to make a dress for Effie Deans out of that blue and brown plaid like Johnnie's balmoral. I mean to begin ...

— What Katy Did Next • Susan Coolidge

... all but arranged for me to give my "Humours of Parliament" before her late Majesty at Balmoral. I got as far as Aberdeen, but a death in the Royal Family put a stop to ...

— The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) • Harry Furniss

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