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bonnet

[bon-it] / ˈbɒn ɪt /


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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

But raise the slightly bent bonnet to look underneath, and it's a different story.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Critics said the car, with its ultra-long bonnet and chunky wheels, was a departure from the E-Type maker's roots.

From BBC May 30, 2026

The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Ann ties Virginia’s tiny bonnet on her and tells me to make sure I support her head.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

"Peppers, particularly Scotch bonnets, are facing myriad challenges right across the Caribbean," says Dwight Forrester, of Jamaica's Rural Agricultural Development Authority.

From BBC May 31, 2026

The white women in bonnets still make appearances, but so do performers like Stephen Seals, who portrays James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved Virginian turned revolutionary spy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, one end of the observation car had been filled by several women in white bonnets, joined by men with straw hats, footlong beards and no mustaches.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

Watching Carrie write this novel, click-clacking away at her keyboard, pondering bonnets and buggies, is equivalent to watching a loved one descend into madness.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2025

“Any more than it’s proper to wear all your bonnets and gowns and ribbons at once, that folks may know you’ve got them,” added Jo, and the lecture ended in a laugh.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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