bonnet
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The car itself is an imposing four-door "Grand Tourer", with a long bonnet that deliberately harks back to Jaguar's emblematic 1960s E-Type.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her teachers instantly recognized the pinafore dress and bonnet, but her fellow students didn’t know who she was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
On one trip, then 6-year-old Bridget won a Laura look-alike contest in a handmade pinafore and bonnet sewn by her grandmother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
I told him in a new series of whispers, that he might as well buy me a gold gown and a silver bonnet at once: I should certainly never venture to wear his choice.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Plenty of bees, plenty of bonnets — though, thankfully for the women, no overlap between the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Her first observation: “The bonnets look too fancy for the Ingalls family.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"I'm a purist at heart and I think our Scotch bonnets need to be properly protected."
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Right after Melissa, Scotch bonnets went up maybe 10-fold, which was crazy.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
She had also brought bonnets, aprons, and shoes.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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