b'loon

English

Noun

b'loon (plural b'loons)

1. Pronunciation spelling of balloon.
   • 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:

     “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.”

   • 2009 July 14, Brian Passey, “‘B’loons’ fill Salina skies”, in The Spectrum, page C6:

     If he wasn’t chattering about the “b’loons” he was gazing up at them silently.

   • 2014, Michael Carroll, Hunter, Philomel Books, →ISBN:

     Two tiny children came running up to the balloon stall, a boy and a girl, almost identical, both wearing chocolate-smeared smiles. “Can we have two b’loons?” the little girl asked.

   • 2021, Lydia Michaels, Pining for You, Bailey Brown Publishing, →ISBN:

     “My b’loon got away, but Skylar helped me find it.” […] “What have I told you about wandering off?” “But my b’loon—” “We can always get you another balloon. There’s only one of you.”

   • 2022 July 24, Jill Moon, “There will be b'loons: Riverbend readies for record attempt”, in The Telegraph‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 July 2022:

     There will be b'loons: Riverbend readies for record attempt