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PINAFORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pinafore" is a kind of...):
dress; frock (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice)
Context examples:
During the ceremony the boys had mysteriously disappeared, and when Mrs. March had tried to thank her children, and broken down, while Teddy wiped her eyes on his pinafore, the Professor suddenly began to sing. Then, from above him, voice after voice took up the words, and from tree to tree echoed the music of the unseen choir, as the boys sang with all their hearts the little song that Jo had written, Laurie set to music, and the Professor trained his lads to give with the best effect.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Her 'scribbling suit' consisted of a black woolen pinafore on which she could wipe her pen at will, and a cap of the same material, adorned with a cheerful red bow, into which she bundled her hair when the decks were cleared for action.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
If Meg had four, the house wouldn't hold them, and master and missis would have to camp in the garden, broke in Jo, who, enveloped in a big blue pinafore, was giving the last polish to the door handles.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Do come and help me or I shall die! and the exhausted housewife cast herself upon his breast, giving him a sweet welcome in every sense of the word, for her pinafore had been baptized at the same time as the floor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
