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
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
It looked like old lady clothes, but also the pinafore type of things.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
The girl's jeweled pinafore balloons around her small waist, and the little hat on her head threatens to fall off.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
We met her surrounded by piles of jumpers, pinafores and donated warm coats.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022
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
The white pinafores the little girls were wearing almost glowed, reminding me, for just a moment, of the real Céline shirt.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2010
The girls wear white pinafores, allowing Sargent to show off his precocious mastery of a full range of tones created by the fabric’s folds and creases.
From Washington Post
That privilege was reserved for a small group of girls...girls with freshly curled hair, crisp clean pinafores and new silk hairbows.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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