Pinafore
['pɪnəfɔː] or ['pɪnə'fɔr]
Definition
(n.) An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.
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Definition
n. a loose covering of cotton or linen over a child's dress.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- Miss Jane, take off your pinafore; what are you doing there? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Come, said Madame, as I stooped more busily than ever over the cutting-out of a child's pinafore, leave that work. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, it seems only yesterday that I was buttoning Amy's pinafore, and pulling your hair when you teased. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What I sought had glided away; I found myself between two buxom lasses in pinafores. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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