blooming
»Not a blooming shadow, assured me J.,» so far as she’s concerned. (P. Kelver II. 53. 16.)
A young City clerk.
»I will drift into being a blooming milkman.» (T. T. T. 157. 2.)
Uneducated Londoner.
»I ain’t got a blooming sixpence on me.» (Sketches 128. 11.)
The same.
»Underneath my sneering phiz I’m a blooming ’Arry.» (Novel Notes 204. 10.)
The same.
»D’ye think I am a bloomin’ kid?» (Tommy And Co. 16. 20.)
The same.
»She gives me the blooming ’ump.» (Novel Notes 202. 25.)
A workman.
»I ain’t no blooming Smythe.» (Novel Notes 203. 8.)
The same.
Blooming (bloomin’) is a term in high favour among the ‘vulgus’.
It is a euphemism, similar to blessed, blamed, blarmed, etc., and is frequently used by the lower classes to emphasize words.