pinafore
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and…A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
» "Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl, dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
Meaning
1 sensesA sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
Trägerkleid, Kittelschürze, Latzkleid
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
Examples
2 sentences"Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl, dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
She wore a blue pinafore as part of her Dorothy costume.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, aUniverbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.
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