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pinafore

[pin-uh-fawr, -fohr] / ˈpɪn əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr /
NOUN
apron
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STRONGEST
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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

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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