pinafore
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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
“I love the scale of the check. I thought it harked back to the original pinafore she wore in the first ‘Beetlejuice,’” says Atwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
On the night she died, she had dressed up in a frilly blouse and pinafore dress.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2022
It looked like old lady clothes, but also the pinafore type of things.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
I looked down at my torn, dirt-stained pinafore.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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It is seeking donations of good-quality, unbranded uniform items, including polo shirts, pinafores and PE shorts.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
And for indigo-dyed textiles, shirts and pinafores woven using the centuries-old kasuri technique, visit Jokogumo.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
Gingham and prints of island life added girlish charm to the relaxed shapes, which included pieces like pinafores, low-slung shorts and men's style shirts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
The girls wear white pinafores, allowing Sargent to show off his precocious mastery of a full range of tones created by the fabric’s folds and creases.
From Washington Post
I draw them in old-fashioned clothing, with long skirts, pinafores and puffed sleeves, or in dresses like Jane’s, with big hairbows on their heads.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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