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pinafore Definition

pin·afore (pinə fôr′)

noun

  1. a sleeveless, apronlike garment worn by little girls over a dress
  2. a sleeveless housedress worn by women, as over a blouse

Etymology: pin + afore

pinafore Synonyms

pinafore

n.

pinafore Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: She often wears a white pinafore to protect her them.

Adjective modifier

  • white: She often wears a white pinafore to protect her them.
  • blue: I am from blue pinafores and beige cardigans, from " I am, I can, I ought, I will " .

Modifies a noun

  • dress: An electric blue T-shirt under a salmon pink pinafore dress?
Pinafore Quotes

   I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

: Bad language or abuse, I never, never use, Whatever the emergency; Though 'Bother it' I may Occasionally say, I never use a big, big Dö : What, never? : No, never! : What never? : Well, hardly ever! : Hardly ever swears a big, big Dö Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the well-bred Captain of the Pinafore!

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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