pinafore

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Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

“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

Soon Hedda discovers a mysterious message written under the pinafore of an eyeless Raggedy Ann doll by her younger self, which leads her to the Dark Web and a game called the Glare.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2020

I hauled myself out by some handy elephant ears, dried off with my pinafore, dressed as fast as I could, and ran home.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly