1 (also informal pinny) (both BrE) a loose piece of clothing without sleeves, worn over the front of your clothes to keep them clean, for example when cooking
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2 (also pinafore dress) (both especially BrE) (AmE usually jumper) a loose dress with no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt or BLOUSE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pinafore is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is pinafore a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pinafore is tagged as noun.
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