英语词汇pom-pom girl的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pom-pom girl
词源	pom-pom girl; pompon girl. Pom-pom girl is a synonym for a prostitute, having its origins in the automatic pom-pom guns that Chicago gangsters used in the 1920s. Pompon girls or pom poms are cheerleaders, so named because they originally waved pompons, a variety of chrysanthemum.
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