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
Later, sequined pinafore dresses were paired with knee-high boots and tops featured long pockets hanging like scarves.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
Dr. Richter gave me a white pinafore apron and suggested that I “freshen up.”
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
We met her surrounded by piles of jumpers, pinafores and donated warm coats.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022
Anderson, after he showed a collection on Wednesday that included men wearing ruffly bloomer shorts, shift dresses and pinafores, but made in classic gray and camel wool.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2013
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
She always wore pretty, dainty clothes—dresses with fluffy matching pinafores.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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