Aprons

Examples

• Is sure he is at the head of a lodge, and wears short aprons, and is made a perfect idol of with candlesticks and trowels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I felt bad but did not fret I bear my troubles well but I do wish Hannah would put more starch in my aprons and have buckwheats every day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Twelve men waited in the yard, some in their shirt-sleeves, some in blue aprons. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The cutting room is a light, airy room with a high ceiling, and everything in it seems a perfect example of cleanliness, and men all work with white aprons, jackets and caps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His men cleanse their fingers on their woollen aprons before presuming to touch their foreheads to Mr Boffin or Lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was three o'clock before they took off their aprons, and released Penelope (much the worse for the vehicle), and cleaned themselves of their mess. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The girls and men employed all wear clean white aprons, jackets and caps, and no effort is spared in keeping everything and everybody in the place in an ideal condition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Two coves in vhite aprons--touches their hats ven you walk in--“Licence, Sir, licence? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Both Peggotty and Mrs. Gummidge had their aprons to their eyes, and Ham had just stepped out 'to take a turn on the beach'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Many of the women hid their faces in their aprons. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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