Underwear — little bloomers? (5)
I believe the answer is:
slips
'underwear little bloomers?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'underwear little bloomers?' is the wordplay.
'underwear' becomes 'slip' (I've seen this before).
'little bloomers?' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'slip'+'s'='SLIPS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slips that I've seen before include "errors" , "They try to catch you" .)