Sunbonneted

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a sunbonnet. not-comparable

    "While he is at the front end selling calico to some wearisome old lady, sunbonneted and chaffering, a mischievous boy is very apt to be pocketing lumps of sugar for profit, or starting the faucet of a molasses barrel for fun at the other."

Example

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"While he is at the front end selling calico to some wearisome old lady, sunbonneted and chaffering, a mischievous boy is very apt to be pocketing lumps of sugar for profit, or starting the faucet of a molasses barrel for fun at the other."

Etymology

From sunbonnet + -ed.

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