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Pinafore

//ˈpɪ.nəˌfɔ(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

    "“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks, and their clean white pinafores."

  2. 2
    a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To dress in a pinafore. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of pin + afore. The pinafore was originally pinned to the front of a dress, as it had no buttons.

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