pinafore
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Her teachers instantly recognized the pinafore dress and bonnet, but her fellow students didn’t know who she was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“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
Later, sequined pinafore dresses were paired with knee-high boots and tops featured long pockets hanging like scarves.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
She now collects items from parents across the area and helps get them to families who need anything from a new blazer for high school to a pinafore for winter term.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2021
Abra slipped off her dress and put on a cotton pinafore, which was understood to be for working around the house.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
We met her surrounded by piles of jumpers, pinafores and donated warm coats.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022
The cool girls are wearing patched jeans and feathered bangs, but her mother dresses her in Dust Bowl-style pinafores and sensible shoes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
Gingham and prints of island life added girlish charm to the relaxed shapes, which included pieces like pinafores, low-slung shorts and men's style shirts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
Even out on the street, teetering through stone courtyards on their way to shows, editors wore dresses that were little more than pinafores, and shirts that were basically bibs.
From Washington Post
Mama had sewn red velvet dresses with white eyelet pinafores for Mia and me.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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