pinafore

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“I love the scale of the check. I thought it harked back to the original pinafore she wore in the first ‘Beetlejuice,’” says Atwood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

On the night she died, she had dressed up in a frilly blouse and pinafore dress.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2022

Later, sequined pinafore dresses were paired with knee-high boots and tops featured long pockets hanging like scarves.

From Reuters • Mar. 7, 2022

In 1963, a “Snob” pinafore dress cost six guineas – the equivalent of just over £100.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

I pulled my hankie out of my pinafore and soaked it in seconds.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly