| 单词 | pinafore |
| 例句 | We are scrubbed and in our donated clothes, the girls in dresses with white pinafores and thick stockings, the boys in knickers that button below the knee, white dress shirts, neckties, thick wool suit coats. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We went into the house, and I managed to wash my hands and change into a clean pinafore without notice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That privilege was reserved for a small group of girls...girls with freshly curled hair, crisp clean pinafores and new silk hairbows. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She always wore pretty, dainty clothes—dresses with fluffy matching pinafores. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wore a white pinafore and a dark green hair ribbon that made her eyes look exactly the same color as Bat Masterson’s. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I hauled myself out by some handy elephant ears, dried off with my pinafore, dressed as fast as I could, and ran home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mama had sewn red velvet dresses with white eyelet pinafores for Mia and me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Abra slipped off her dress and put on a cotton pinafore, which was understood to be for working around the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A pair of twins and another, whose mauve corduroy pinafore said Holiday! in a tilting, happy font. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl's jeweled pinafore balloons around her small waist, and the little hat on her head threatens to fall off. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A modest bodice is what I’m thinking, with a minimum of frill. Simple and plain. A gathered skirt. You can wear that pinafore on top when you’re working. Do you have more than one pinafore?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Miss Jane, take off your pinafore; what are you doing there? Have you washed your hands and face this morning?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Taking the edge of her pinafore she softly wiped away his tears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z You won’t have anything else here.” and having delivered her defiance all on one breath, Meg cast away her pinafore and precipitately left the field to bemoan herself in her own room. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Richter gave me a white pinafore apron and suggested that I “freshen up.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The little girl occupied herself by buttoning and unbuttoning a pinafore on the doll’s plastic body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My hair is damp against my neck, the pinafore stiff and uncomfortable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She was wearing a white pinafore blouse with a blue ribbon around its collar, which made her look so very innocent, yet the way she filled the blouse out troubled me with indecent thoughts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A man’s hose, a robe, a baby’s pinafore, all thin as a spider’s web. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got home, I lingered downstairs and put in some extra piano practice, after which Mother ordered me upstairs to change my pinafore. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I ripped off my bonnet and pinafore and dress and threw myself into the water, casting terror into the hearts of the local tadpoles and turtles. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her mauve corduroy pinafore said Holiday! in a tilting, happy font. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She used a pinafore that she’d worn as a costume in a play. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yet she is me, that tiny determined thing in the frilly white pinafore. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Would there then be someone else, or would there be no one? frilly white pinafore. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I put on my cleanest dress and the pinafore, which I hung on a branch by the side of the house to dry after we did the washing on Sunday. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She wears a flowered dress with a pinafore and her mouth gapes, a toothless black hole. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I look at their pinafores and hair bows and their rudimentary faces and hands with distaste. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But that didn’t mean Ophie was alone: a little girl with pale blond braids and a pinafore sat curled up in a wing chair, reading a book. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I draw them in old-fashioned clothing, with long skirts, pinafores and puffed sleeves, or in dresses like Jane’s, with big hairbows on their heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a thrill to be in such a different world and I’d feel a prickly awareness of how good my shoes were, how clean my white pinafore dress that Constantine had ironed for me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As we go under bridges and pull through stations the light flickers and Carmine makes a shadow game of moving his hand across my white pinafore. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was all over my hands and pinafore, smeared across the counter and the pump handle, and there were streaks of it stuck in my hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I smoothed my pinafore, and Granddaddy patted his beard. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Matti Houghton's Annabella is still very much a schoolgirl in her gym knickers and grey pinafore when her brother Giovanni returns from university demanding that she love him or kill him. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore 2010-09-27T22:20:00Z Then we’d go home, put on our matching blue floral pinafores and rush to greet the guests. A Midsummer Day’s Dream in Sweden 2013-05-10T18:10:13Z This season Holly Hobbie knickerbockers and pinafores were added to the mix. More Women Than Ever Are Running for President. Do Designers Care? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z All play Dorothy at one point or another, looking cheerfully ludicrous in her signature pigtails and gingham pinafore. Review: In ‘Elements of Oz,’ Smartphones Enhance a Celebration of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Film 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Not long ago, she reminisced about the pinafore she wore as a schoolgirl in her native Mantua. Death of a Muse: Manuela Pavesi, Miuccia Prada’s Close Collaborator 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Not long before “Mueller” and his coworkers leave for the bar, their boss says—in a rather extravagant bit of dialogue—that “the world is full of wrinkles … in pocket squares and pinafores.” Boardwalk Empire Watch: Buon Fortuna 2012-10-01T12:00:47Z Now that you see that pinafores are not an option, restart negotiations, but with an eye to the real world. Social Q?s: Wearing You Out 2011-01-21T22:53:41Z Early on, working as a department store clerk, she wears an almost schoolgirl-like pinafore. Two Films, One Designer: The Costumes of ‘Carol’ and ‘Cinderella’ 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z 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. Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z A babysitter long of hair and limb but short on emotional demands, Sarah Jo ventures through modern day Los Angeles in modest floral pinafores, which she lifts above her waist in invitation. ‘Sharp Stick’ Review: The Babysitter’s Schlubs 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z A ruffled wrestling pinafore over a white lace tee. From Plagues to Floods to Black Tuesday, Fashion Goes On 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z She is someone who, now 36, appears as equally confident wearing a pinafore as a prairie dress as a Saint Laurent pantsuit. The ?It? Girl, Now a Woman 2011-07-01T20:49:29Z Anderson, after he showed a collection on Wednesday that included men wearing ruffly bloomer shorts, shift dresses and pinafores, but made in classic gray and camel wool. On the Runway Blog: A Cuckoo Kickoff for Men's in London 2013-01-09T20:18:18Z The cool girls are wearing patched jeans and feathered bangs, but her mother dresses her in Dust Bowl-style pinafores and sensible shoes. Get a Job, Kid 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z It looked like old lady clothes, but also the pinafore type of things. Cate Blanchett and Cindy Sherman: Secrets of the Camera Chameleons 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z A few dresses looked like sweet pinafores, but some were made of black latex. The ?It? Girl, Now a Woman 2011-07-01T20:49:29Z Everything in the collection seemed to be in movement, from the bouncy quilted skirt to dresses that were worn like pinafores over colorful underdresses. Fashion Review: Raf Simons Designs a Dynamic Dior 2014-02-28T16:49:50Z 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. Flights of fancy at Day 2 of London Fashion Week 2012-09-15T18:24:10Z The white pinafores the little girls were wearing almost glowed, reminding me, for just a moment, of the real Céline shirt. Chasing a Fast-Fashion Knockoff 2010-10-13T23:42:00Z Though it was her subtle way with black leather — coats, pinafores, pleated skirts — and the ruffled celadon silks that lingered. The Gangs of Fashion 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z In photos I saw when she was a kid and I was a kid, she looked like one of us, in pinafores and high pigtails, or Benetton sweaters and frizzy hair. Perspective | Lisa Marie Presley understood how to live life as a nepo baby 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Among those who stuck around was Jun Nakayama, a club kid dressed like a baby doll in platinum wig and pinafore. Scene City: Invisible-Exports Hosts a Party at the Wooly 2011-03-07T16:51:15Z These performers — a grab bag of age, race, gender and height — all play Keller, occasionally wearing a pinafore. Review: Helen Keller’s Words and Seven Actors in ‘Three Days to See’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z But Burnett’s world of starched pinafores and exotic Indian servants is more than a century old. When a Bookish Girl’s Imagination (Truly!) Takes Flight 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Cropped trousers, pinafores, chiffon shirts and sweatshirts also feature. Why we're watching Ostwald Helgason, designers 2013-01-27T08:00:02Z Models wore ruffled pinafore and silk dresses, asymmetric patterned skirts as well as round-collared jackets and shorts. Geometry, uniforms and 1980s inspire London catwalks 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “I mean … can I wear this in public? I look like I’m about to go milk a cow?” my friend texted with the photo of her up to here in the pinafore. Pioneer Women Are Roaming the City 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The child, never still, teases the dog, sets fire to his pinafore, climbs on a table, tries to cut his mother's dress, etc. Poem of the week: A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months by Thomas Hood 2010-06-22T09:36:00Z She designed shift dresses and pinafores, released soft bras that she dubbed “booby traps,” and helped popularize brightly colored tights, releasing the garment in exotic yellows, blues and reds instead of just the traditional black. Mary Quant, British designer who dressed the swinging ’60s, dies at 93 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Here’s the appropriately macabre opening of Coleridge’s “The Crime of the Urchin Mary”: “It was an ancient crone who wrote / Silly rhymes for tots / Was stopped by a maid in a pinafore / With blood-red polkadots.” Review | 9 strangely wonderful books beyond the bestseller list 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z On the night she died, she had dressed up in a frilly blouse and pinafore dress. Bible John: The forgotten women at the heart of a serial killer mystery 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z 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. Perspective | John Singer Sargent’s enigmatic masterpiece, explained We met her surrounded by piles of jumpers, pinafores and donated warm coats. Do new school uniform rules save parents money? 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The uniforms for female employees included pinafore dresses and head wraps that evoked the era of slavery. A Georgia Restaurant Has a Racist History. What Should Become of It? 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Later, sequined pinafore dresses were paired with knee-high boots and tops featured long pockets hanging like scarves. Louis Vuitton takes over Orsay museum for its Paris fashion show 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z 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. Affordable uniforms law will miss new school year 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The audience seems equal parts dazzled and confused by the combination of lonely desperation and Buffy the Vampire Slayer obsession she presents, in cropped hair and pinafore dress. Mae Martin: ‘It’s enriching to share things you’re ashamed of’ 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The princess smiled as she arrived in her brand new uniform of a pinafore with a white summer blouse, and black shoes and white socks, ready to join her reception class of 21 other students. Princess Charlotte arrives for first day at school with Kate Middleton, Prince William and big brother Prince George 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He’s dressed in blue pants and a pinafore. Perspective | More than 50,000 animals are buried in this cemetery 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z She was told that her actual uniform did not meet its criteria for a nurse's uniform, which also involved a pinafore and cap, but tights were optional. Officials backtrack over nurse world record 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Officials told Jessica Anderson that its criteria for a nurse uniform also involved a pinafore and cap, but tights were optional. Nurse record title reviewed after dress row 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z At first, she didn't wear anything distinctive, but now she dresses in a scapular - a long garment suspended from the shoulders, a bit like a severe pinafore. A hermit's Christmas: Simplicity, solitude and silence - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The little girl who takes the reader through A Child of Books wears an uncomplicated sailor’s pinafore, and her plaited hair is only lightly sketched out with a few lines. Oliver Jeffers: 'I was always an artist' – but not a child of books 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z She will turn 60 in December, a birthday the great-great grandmother will not celebrate, zoo officials said, by wearing the adorable pinafore and straw bonnet her caretakers dressed her in as a youth. After Harambe’s Death, Debating Whether Gorillas and Great Apes Belong in Zoos 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Old ladies in pinafores bring their chairs outside and sit in gossipy groups, stringing onions into plaits. 10 Surprisingly Affordable Retirement Hotspots 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z First, let's start with the white eyelet embroidered tunics, pinafores and playsuits, and the high-waist maxi-dresses rich with colorful floral embroidery, like something from a bride's trousseau, passed down through generations. Paris Fashion Week: Valentino's grand tour 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z 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. At Paris Fashion Week, a battle over breasts She wore a striped pinafore and held a parasol. Old photographs bring old Petworth back to life on Fourth of July “Tracy, in her pinafore dress and braces, was the picture of innocence,” Evert recalled. The Chaotic Spectacle of the 1977 U.S. Open 2012-08-25T12:09:25Z She made her purchase, and put her hand into the pocket of her pinafore for the money: the pocket was empty. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z He had grown out of his religious creed as he had grown out of his pinafores. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z They are dressed decently enough, I'll say that for them, though pinafores and baby bonnets at their age are ridiculous. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z He regarded long skirts, streaming hair, and flapping, aggravating pinafores as the natural handicap of girls in the race of life, and as particularly useful when they "cheeked" their brothers. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Oh dear, oh dear, look at your clean pinafore, wet from top to bottom. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z And Nicky, overestimating in her enthusiasm the supporting power of an outlying branch, tumbled, headlong but undamaged, a medley of arms and legs and blue pinafore, right at their feet. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z She embraced the little black legs standing on the swing, and laid her throbbing temple against the child's pinafore. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z She wears a dress of crackling white, A shiny sash of pink or blue, And over these a pinafore, And she comes out at half-past two. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z Miss Priscilla and her pinafore were represented by a ragged tinkler's lass with a still more ragged frill about her neck. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z A toddler in a blood-stained pinafore looks alive at first glance. Memo From Kabul: Disconnect Clear in U.S. Bafflement Over 2 Afghan Responses 2012-03-15T00:40:06Z The smallest child will experience a real joy in putting its pinafore on wrong way round, call it a coat, and announce with pride that it is "Daddy going a tata." Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Wait till you know the only thing worth knowing; till then you're in short frocks and a pinafore.' Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z His dreamy eyes wandered over a map of varied stains on their dirty little pinafores. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z We had, because of the increasing heat, conjured up a carriage, a species of invalid stage-coach, and were therefore the envy of little schoolboys in blue pinafores. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z She had, with the exception of the coat, donned her former garments, and over these had put the flag pinafore. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z "Since you were in pinafores," she said, still looking down. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z They held it before them in the skirts of their pinafores, and started up the back stairs. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Didn't I wash and iron your pinafore yesterday, when you fell into the pig-trough, and nobody even suspected? A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Uniforms, liveries, parasols, hats, frocks, pinafores, kerchiefs, blouses, sashes, fans, flecked the sunshine with a thousand hues. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z This primitive pinafore was to be drawn in at the waist by a belt. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Meg wiped her face with her big pinafore, and seemed uncomfortable. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z I've mourned sixpences in scores too, Damaged hopes and pinafores too. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z A pair of stout brown legs showed under the smocked holland pinafore, her white sun-hat hung upon her back, and she clasped a dilapidated doll in her arms. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z Here goes one down the grass With a pretty look of plumpness: She is a little girl going to school With her hands in the pockets of her pinafore. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z When they looked they were amazed and horrified to see a spotted green snake coiled comfortably up in the pinafore. A Little Boy Lost 2011-12-29T03:00:15.987Z The little girl and boy drew back when he spoke to them, because they had strict orders to keep their pinafores clean. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z When my frocks were still short and I still suffered under the ignominy of pinafores, I remember very well following a friend of my grandmother's about, and fetching big books for her. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z And hurriedly taking off her pinafore, she tore it into strips, and knotting them together in a kind of rope, threw one end of it across to him. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z And yet I have loved her since she was a little serious-faced thing in pinafores. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z He could not shut the door, or put on his pinafore when bid, till the matter was argued, and the desired act proved to be reasonable. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z But I used to think, in those tender pinafore years, that in Heaven there would be one improvement, namely, that we should not stand on cold damp stones and feel half perished. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Incidentally, it was learned that dolls were tabooed by this prima-donna in pinafores. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "Oh Christians!" said the smaller child, swiftly covering her mouth with her pinafore. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Rachel sat by her aunt's side, and sewed industriously all the evening at a pinafore for her precious baby, who was about to be short-coated. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z But O! what consternation there was in his face, and what large tears rolled down his cheeks, till he hid his face with his pinafore. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Year after year they watch the little buds unfold; then they fill their hands and pinafores with the golden buttercups, and carry them home as treasures to be loved and prized above all other flowers. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Hereupon Yvette rolled her child up in her pinafore, so that there was nothing to be seen of the stone but what was supposed to be the baby's head. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z She shall not make her own frocks again, sweet as she looks in them—her children's pinafores, if she likes—monograms for my handkerchiefs—pretty things for her house. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Rachel was stealing back to her aunt's side and her baby's pinafore, and he left off looking into the mirror and making mistakes. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z Emmie stood looking on with growing consternation, as Val flung forth from the wardrobe to the middle of the room a shower of pinafores and petticoats, books and toys. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The fireplace was choked high with half-burned débris—small shoes, pinafores, and toys. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Now, my dear, while I starch these few things, will you iron those pinafores? Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z Never mind the lace-edged dresses, heed not the snow-white pinafores, round and round and round they go, and how they laugh and shout, and enjoy it! The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Brat, brat, n. a contemptuous name for a child, as in 'beggar's brat:' any over-garment of coarse cloth, a child's pinafore, an apron.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z All the time she was holding her pinafore in her small trembling hand, tearing at the stuff in little spasms of rage, and wetting it with her tears. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z Cherry too had been busy, and with Mrs. Seymour's direction had made him two brown holland pinafores which covered patches with clean neatness. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z “I see now where Queen Mab and her fairies have been working in their pinafores and caps.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Next she took off her pink overall pinafore, which she hid away; and gathering her white frock over her head, displayed a short red-and-white striped petticoat. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Well, as I was saying, four little girls in clean white birds'-eye pinafores assembled around the trunk-party, your mamma at the head, to pour out the lemonade tea. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z "It was that big cove with the pinafore." Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z ‘Iss, if you like,’ cried Gerna; and, sitting down on the sand, she opened wide her pinafore, so that the tiny Brown Man could take them out, which, however, he did not do. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z It is very easy, humble sort of work," Mrs. Atherton said,—"sewing strings on skirts, and buttons on aprons and pinafores, for Christmas presents in the parish, you know. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z During this ceremony the boys had mysteriously disappeared; and, when Mrs. March had tried to thank her children, and broken down, while Teddy wiped her eyes on his pinafore, the Professor suddenly began to sing. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Her face, pinafore and hands were covered with black coal-dust, for the contents of the coal-scuttle had been hastily emptied into the hall fire-place, and Bumps had taken her place without a thought of consequences. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z A white linen pinafore dress with a ruffled chiffon hem hangs in the sparse closet next to a flamenco flannel skirt and dozens of other colorful creations. Back to the Simple Life, With Needle and Thread 2011-08-05T23:11:12Z She covered the Pail with her pinafore as she spoke, and the little lark disappeared into a brake of flaming gorse. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z When we played in pinafores in the dust we chose to be together, and left the others to their noisier sports. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z They are not even desirable as an outlet for the feelings, since there are better ways in which one can work out one's affection for a child—woolly boots, pinafores, personal attention, and the like. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Motioning to us to remain where we were, she disappeared, and soon returned with a small brown girl, whose only garment was a ragged blue pinafore sewn up at the back. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Is a woman to be always wearing a pinafore and eating bread and butter? One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z ‘You are caught by the magic of the Old Men’s Pail at last,’ said Ninnie-Dinnie, with a strange look in her eye; and covering the Pail with her pinafore, she set her face homeward. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z They had bright, rosy faces, their hair was neatly combed, their pinafores were white as snow. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The jackal skins were not large, but compared with the sheepskin fragment they would have been as an overcoat to a child’s pinafore. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Nearly all the women are clothed in “pinafore” dresses, infinitely graceful and becoming. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z After removing their juice-stained pinafores and washing their streaming faces and hands, they repaired to the alligator farm which was another fad of good Mr. Duffy’s. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z The thought of Frau Dremmel become plural, diminished into socks and pinafores, standing neatly at her knee being taught to lisp in numbers, seized her with laughter. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z She was making some pinafores for the little Costellos, and she tranquilly stitched and tucked and hemmed. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z In a few moments he returned, carrying something carefully wrapped up in his pinafore. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z Ina stood by and listened, with her pinafore in her mouth. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Nor was a holland pinafore and the small urchin it contained entirely forgotten in these days. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z He was more near being quite happy during this first week than he could remember to have been since that period of pinafore in which the world is all mother and daisies. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Peggy called it her "prayers pinafore," and it always lasted a whole week, as it was only worn to go down to the dining-room for five or ten minutes. Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z And they all arrived sobbing and crying, and their faces and hands were all covered with scratches, and they had the kittens wrapped up in their pinafores to keep them from scratching any more. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z Bless you, she had long outgrown short frocks and pinafores in those days. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Georgie stood beyond the mason's litter, his firm legs planted in the wet grass, his holland pinafore less brown than his knees. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Martin and his sister Ethel did good work, and even the younger children insisted on "helping," to the irreparable damage of their pinafores, and temporary eclipse of their rosy faces by dust and blacklead. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z And little Peggy, with her neat hair and clean pinafore, stood in the middle of the children holding out Hal's slipper, and smiling at them, like an old friend. Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story 2011-05-03T02:00:18.093Z So, in the evening, when the little girls came running out, with the kittens still wrapped up in their pinafores, there was I, at the door, with a big sack! The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z You meet numbers of men clad in long blue pinafores, from throat to instep; wool-sorters, who thus protect themselves from fluff. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z It might have been the same holland pinafore; it was the same sailor hat. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z I can see myself today in a little gingham frock, and a white pinafore performing this rather dangerous feat. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z When releasing a new product range, Sylvia's husband Jon would often attend the party dressed up as a "Tupperlady" in a long yellow wig, thong, pinafore and holding a feather duster. American dream 2011-03-28T10:51:40Z And each little girl unrolled her pinafore and took out an angry little kitten, spitting and snarling, with its claws sticking out like a hedgehog. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z They had white pinafores, flaxen hair, plump cheeks. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z He could see her now, in her white pinafore and long golden hair, clinging to her big brother with her soft, weak little hands. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z These weavers were all big men, the master bigger than any of them; and they all wore blue-checked linen pinafores covering them from neck to feet. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Each clutched her spelling book and reader, and her package of sandwiches and cookies; each wore a bright blue dress, a bright red sweater, and a snow white pinafore. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Presently the luncheon-bell rings, and the children come bouncing in, delighted at the prospect of dining without pinafores, and the consequent opportunity for beslobbering their best clothes. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Little Michael was drest Out in his very best, With a pinafore over, lest they might be messed. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z “Billy has loved you from your pinafore days.” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Underneath this pinafore the master wore fine broadcloth and high shoes with silver latchets. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The two plump, rosy-cheeked little girls, with their stiffly starched white pinafores, and with their yellow pig-tails sticking out at the sides of their heads, were as much alike as a pair of Dresden ornaments. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Bruce and I sat on one side, and three demure little chaps in pinafores on the other, like degrees of comparison, small, smaller, and smallest; dull, duller, and dullest. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z She hid her face in her pinafore, ashamed to be thus caught. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z She could think her own thoughts, and dream her own dreams, whilst she was knitting a stocking or hemming a pinafore for little Seth. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z I said no more, for Robert dropped the beads he had gathered into Mary’s pinafore, and then went to the door. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Jane stood up respectfully, concealing her vulgar orange under her pinafore. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z The whole affair had such a nursery look about it, that I half expected to be provided with a pinafore, instead of a dinner napkin.” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z How any little girl, with a heart under her pinafore, could read these lines unmoved it is hard to say. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z And over them they wear long holland pinafores.” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Mother was making some school pinafores for Alethia, and Robert’s knock did not interest her at all. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z "And the pinafores don't grow on the ladies; we have excellent precedent for believing they can be dispensed with." The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Why do you not advise a white ruffled pinafore also, grandfather? A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Here the village school was drawn up, the girls in nice white pinafores and the boys looking almost painfully well washed. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z That girl was just as anxious that Bill Sanders's broth should be properly salted, and Pen's pinafore white, as she was to know Banks's position. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "That's my business," said Gracie tragically; "and I must give this up;" and she stopped her sewing-machine, and rolled the purple cotton pinafore into a tight ball and placed it on the table. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Don't you see your brother is reading?' said Sora Catarina, in a lowered tone, passing her two hands over the little girl's hair under pretence of adjusting her pinafore. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z If it was working-time, she was found as a human island amid a sea of sewing: billows of pinafores and aprons heaved tumultuously around her. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z A long, narrow piece of cotton cloth is draped from the other shoulder, and swings easily about, serving as pocket, shawl, or pinafore. Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas 2011-01-22T03:00:17.853Z As to her daughters, when they all were little girls in pinafores, an old woman once cried out at the sight of their childish beauty, "One is prettier than another." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Klaasje stamped her foot, but the beautiful vision still shone before her and hurriedly and passionately she scrabbled them into her little pinafore. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z It seems only the other day she was running about in pinafores! The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z This disgrace besplashed them all, and she saw herself confusedly as a tainted figure holding forth on honour and duty to rows of white pinafores. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Those tribes were represented in the audience, many of whom who looked like animated American Girl dolls, in pastel pinafores puffed with tutus, matching bow-covered socks and lacy wrist cuffs. | All Dolled Up 2010-10-06T12:51:00Z Do all the little girls love to have smooth, clean pinafores? and do the boys like to have a clean collar and smooth hair? and do all of you keep your hands and faces clean? Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners You know that I knew her when she was in pinafores. The Undying Past "Miss Bellew"—she stood there in her crumpled pinafore, stiff and forlorn, tears still on her cheeks. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Simpson and a professional colleague disported themselves as the Babes, and appeared sucking oranges and dressed as children—short dresses, pinafores, frilled drawers, white socks, and children’s shoes. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine There were fourteen of them in all, some with shoes, some without; some in pinafores without jackets, others in jackets 50 without pinafores, and one in scarce anything at all. In Jail with Charles Dickens All nice and clean is she, Her pinafore is smooth and straight, Her hair neat as can be; No wrinkled sock, or untied lace Does this neat, tidy girl disgrace. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Madge, his sister, called him “Sonny” and made believe he was at the pinafore stage of growth instead of being almost six feet tall and big in proportion. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway She wore a little pinafore to protect her frock. Small Souls It all happened a good many years ago, in fact so long ago that your fathers and mothers were little boys and girls in kilts and pinafores, some of them mere babies in long clothes. In Story-land Even in those pinafore years Shirley had vaguely realized that pain lay behind the brave gay mask. The Valiants of Virginia Standing near them, though somewhat apart, was one whose thin angular figure and sharp pale face seemed familiar; even without the blue overall pinafore it was easy enough to recognize her. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life She was wrapped in a big pinafore of butcher blue, and explained that she was "cleaning up." The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France She had clung to this garden gate with one hand, while with the other she held the corner of her blue print pinafore convulsively pressed against her bosom. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers He was particularly attracted to one group consisting of three funny little girls with splashed pinafores and holes in their stockings, and of two little boys with holes in their knickerbockers and half-peeled sticks. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The children were deeply interested, and presently undressed and followed me in, one girl bathing only in her pinafore. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Even the Elementary-school children were not aggressively advanced; some of them still bobbed curtsies, and wore clean white pinafores to go to church on Sundays. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life "Would two sixpennies pay for two hoops?" he whispered to Floss, pulling her pinafore till she bent her head down to listen. Carrots: Just a Little Boy "What is going on here?" he had asked, whereupon the persecuted child had humbly advanced, and opened her pinafore just wide enough for him to get a glimpse inside. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers There was laughter and shouting, and a confusion of pinafores and black stockings and hair and caps. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The little German girl with the scarlet pinafore was a near neighbor, living at the head of the valley in a cottage surrounded by great live-oaks. A-Birding on a Bronco You caught me in my old pinafore feeding the fowls. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Their costumes consisted of plain blue over-all pinafores and sandals, and they wore neither hats nor stockings. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story A poor unfledged sparrow, which somehow or other had fallen out of the nest, reposed in the pinafore. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Mrs. Spenser and the Nurse had the worst part of the business even now, in arranging and packing all the frocks and pinafores, socks and jackets in small compass for their long visit. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves One morning a little German girl, in a red pinafore, and with hair flying, came riding down the sand stream toward my bush. A-Birding on a Bronco She wore a blue gingham overall pinafore that hid her dress. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life The porters all wore baggy blue blouses something like pinafores. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story How often does a mother say to her child when putting on a clean snow-white pinafore in the morning, "Now, my darling, do keep it clean!" The Spirit-Filled Life But Ma had been receiving boxes from Sunday Schools and work-parties in Scotland, and out of these she dressed the women and little ones in pinafores of all colours. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Such a dear little man, in polka dot pinafore and white ruffles! Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Nina jumped up and shook the bath-bun crumbs off her green muslin pinafore. Man and Maid The paragon was just an ordinary old little girl, pitched into life with a pair of ill-fitting boots, a pinafore, and half a dozen hairpins. Carnival At dinner-time she comes home with her pinafore about as dirty as she can make it. The Spirit-Filled Life When they closed their eyes she dressed them in a pinafore and put them in a box covered with white flowers, and buried them in her children's cemetery. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Being dragged up a dusty ladder into a cobwebby lumber-room by Wilfred had not proved the best of treatments for a pinafore that really had been clean a couple of hours ago. The Youngest Girl in the School How sweet she was that day, when they were planted, and she was so happy, so dirty, like a pretty child in her big pinafore! An Unknown Lover And one day his mother brought him to call, and I had on a soiled pinafore. The Daughters of a Genius Luckily, he was not hurt, nor the thing either; he could see it quite plainly now: it was creeping about like 4 rather an old baby, and had on a little frock and pinafore. Mopsa the Fairy I was arrayed in a pinafore and wore a frill—which I p. 79abhorred—and took but little pleasure in my personal appearance—a very great mistake, happily avoided by the present generation. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself At the door of the conservatory, however, the small figure in the crumpled pinafore came to a sudden standstill. The Youngest Girl in the School Oh! dresses and dresses, frocks and pinafores and kilts, everything you can imagine, and all in the brightest colours,—pink and blue, yellow and green,—a perfect flower-garden. Hildegarde's Harvest It was herself, but so small she seemed an elf in a white pinafore and little pink sun-bonnet. Lulu's Library, Volume II “When first I saw you in the nest,” said he, “you had a pinafore on, and now you have a smart little apron, with lace round it.” Mopsa the Fairy I will tell you one of the nursery tales that were made for the-6- amusement of our great old grandmother, the Earth, when she was a child in frock and pinafore. A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys ‘I say, Jill,’ the child blurted out, and she clutched a handful of pinafore to give herself courage; ‘I–I want to tell you something.’ The Youngest Girl in the School I beg your pardon, Hilda, but really, you know, we remember her in her pinafores, and she was a snob then. Hildegarde's Harvest I am good friends with these little fellows in their pinafores and wooden shoes. A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall And what visions such books recall of the days when they were read,—the girls in pinafores,—the boys in roundabouts,—the elders looking languishingly on, when the reader comes to tender passages! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Opening the bag Mrs. Martyn had given her, she discovered a white apron, two or three clean pinafores for the children, besides the things Mrs. Martyn had specified. For John's Sake and Other Stories. There was a vision of slim black legs and white pinafore disappearing across the hall, and Jill could not help laughing. The Youngest Girl in the School I can just remember my sister, for we were both little girls in pinafores. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in She was buttoning the twins into clean pinafores. Madge Morton's Trust Thirty years he had been there, he said, and fingered his white locks as a bashful child pulls out his pinafore. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) After the old people had gone to bed—they went to rest early—Ditte took a pail of water and a scrubbing brush, and some sand in her pinafore, and crept up. Ditte: Girl Alive! She glanced down at her crumpled pinafore and sighed desperately. The Youngest Girl in the School And so, in pinafores and pigtails, she plays with little boys and likes and dislikes according to her organic need. The Kempton-Wace Letters Janet, in her long white pinafore, looked more than ever the spiritual thing she was. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur She was a dimpled, brown child, as soft as the yellow ducklings she used to carry in her pinafore. An Isle in the Water But on Sundays, when people streamed past on their way to church, they were both neatly dressed, Ditte with a clean pinafore and polished wooden shoes, and Granny with a stringed cap. Ditte: Girl Alive! She forgot all about her crumpled pinafore, and went straight to the point. The Youngest Girl in the School You loved little girls in pigtails and pinafores. The Kempton-Wace Letters She came down one day to afternoon tea in an old school-girlish dress of blue serge, rather short about the ankles, a red and white pinafore, and a crimson sash. Under False Pretences A Novel "Fly an' Patsy," Fly repeated, and was going past, but Aunt Charlotte pounced on some gooseberries Fly had in her pinafore. The Weans at Rowallan They came sidling over, each twisting a corner of her pinafore. The Deaves Affair A small girl in a white pinafore cowered like a rabbit under a straggling rose-bush, and looked up at him with wide eyes of terror. The Wooing of Calvin Parks And in our lives there is nothing fairer and more joyful to look back upon than those same little pigtails and pinafores. The Kempton-Wace Letters Audrey, though, came full upon them as they came in with their hands earthy, and their pinafores wet, and Audrey was irritable because she was so nervous and anxious. Anxious Audrey Sally saw that they all had sleeved pinafores or overalls; she had none. Coquette I dare say we looked very wild, we were very buttery and jammy, and our faces were still broiling, our hair in confusion and our pinafores crumpled and smeared. The Boys and I You've never amounted to a row of beans since you were out of pinafores. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won She picked up fir cones and beech nuts and acorns and filled her pinafore with them, also frosted fern leaves and dry grasses exquisitely outlined with hoar frost went into her apron. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Audrey had already unpacked a book for her father, a soft down cushion for her mother, and a pretty pinafore for Baby Joan. Anxious Audrey She was still in her pinafore, and she could not take that off and roll it up while Gage was in the room. Coquette Frida had some potatoes in her pinafore, which were to be roasted in the ashes; but the fire would not burn, the twigs only smouldered. The Son of His Mother See, on my frock and pinafore, Such great black stains! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Now the Count had not noticed that Babette was very dirty, that her red pinafore hung in rags, and her hair had not been combed for many a day. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Nor crisp and ruddy radish, nor Pease-cods for the child’s pinafore Be lacking; nor of salad clan The last and least that ever ran About great nature’s garden-beds. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Slowly Sally removed her pinafore and rolled it, thinking rapidly. Coquette Among the large crowd of young Southerners sent to this school, I began preaching emancipation in my pinafore. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 For once, when nobody was by her, This silly child would play with fire; And long before her mother came, Her pinafore was all in flame. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 I shall get a new pair of boots, and you a pinafore; these we should have to have anyway. Fairy Tales from the German Forests She took out the baby's coat and hood, too small now even for the little head it was to cover, and Robin's blue cap and brown holland pinafore. Little Meg's Children The pinafore was a simple matter for both Miss Summers and Sally; and before the morning was over Miss Summers had visited Madame Gala. Coquette He must not take her for granted because he knew her in pinafores, nor slight her sensibilities because he taught her to climb trees. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Immediately each little boy found in his arms, and each little girl in her pinafore, a fine fat duckling. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock She wore a little red skirt and loose cotton blouse, and a tidy pinafore put on in order to cover her soiled frock on the way home. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Before going down to the docks Meg drew Robin into an empty archway, and there exchanged his ragged cap and pinafore for those she had put up into her bundle. Little Meg's Children "You haven't taken off the money for the pinafore," she whispered. Coquette So Sister Agatha told Mary she might go, and she stepped out through the open window just as she was—pinafore and all. The Bountiful Lady or, How Mary was changed from a very Miserable Little Girl to a very Happy One Dear little wymps," cried Molly; "you never tread on my toes now, nor crumple my pinafore, nor pull my hair. All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories The last moment before it was finally felled, the squirrel bounded off, and tossed a nut to Hansi, who caught it cleverly in her pinafore. Fairy Tales from the German Forests I tried to keep Robbie's cap and pinafore, that were as good as new, but I were forced to let 'em go. Little Meg's Children In a very leisurely manner, Sally rolled up her pinafore and put her work away. Coquette Fogies in a more advanced stage of development, will find provided for them the playthings, pinafores, and other paraphernalia of their first childhood. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 First of all," said Molly, "a real Queen does n't like her toes trodden on, and her pinafore crumpled, and her hair pulled. All the Way to Fairyland Fairy Stories “Little Nancy,” he said to himself, “why she must be nineteen now, clothed in long frocks and maidenly dignity, I suspect,––but I certainly hope she still wears the little white pinafores.” The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains Half covered up by a coarse apron or pinafore, she stood at a high table, like a counter, against a background of poinsettias. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Miss Summers abruptly rolled up her work at this unsympathetic remark, and took off her pinafore. Coquette The graceful little figures seemed elfin and fairy-like in the half sleeves and low corsages of tight bodices from which depended enormously full skirts set off by cute pinafores. Orphans of the Storm Mary in her hand has sixpence, Mary starts to fetch some butter, Mary’s pinafore is spotless, Off she goes across the gutter, Gleeful, radiant, as she thus did, Proud to be so largely trusted. London Lyrics Then he smiled suddenly and said, “Yes, I must go and see about those pinafores before I leave the mountains.” The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains One of them was a particularly well-known figure, the feature of whose pinafore, if he wore one, would be its extensive girth. Law and Laughter Then, very quietly, she took off her own pinafore, and stole across the room and listened at Gaga's door. Coquette I played with nothing but miners’ children from the time I was so high, pigtails and pinafores, until I was this high, short skirts and frocks.” The Plunderer Mary's rage for dolls was, moreover, at its height, though she more than ever took pains to hide her darlings, under her pinafore, from the eyes of Kidderminster. The Fairchild Family And Steve watched a white pinafore and flying yellow curls through a half-conscious dream mist, with a satisfied sense that he was at last in the new world of his visions. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains One rosy-cheeked girl in a blue pinafore tossed a bunch of yellow cowslips up into Mrs. Pitt’s lap, calling out, “Cowslips, lady; thank ye!” John and Betty's History Visit The baker’s wife stood with her immense red hands thrust into the pockets of an expansive pinafore, and her three double chins glistening with perspiration. Dr. Sevier The doll in question is a negress with a woolly head and a scarlet-striped pinafore. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Henry had just finished washing his hands and combing his hair, and Emily had only that minute changed her pinafore, when the distant sound of the carriage was heard. The Fairchild Family The little white pinafore was soon running back with Mr. Follet walking rapidly. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains After a smart administration of the strappado, he proceeded to examine the contents of his pinafore, which was bundled round him. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. “When I first saw you in the nest,” said he, “you had a pinafore on, and now you have a smart little apron with lace around it.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It should be folded as you would a pinafore, and to be sloped three and three-quarters nails for the shoulder. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet "Bessy," said Mrs. Goodriche gently, "you had better set down your cup and wipe your frock, or I shall have to ask Mrs. Fairchild to lend you one of Henry's pinafores." The Fairchild Family And in his fitful dreaming her sweet face was strangely crowned with soft yellow curls and she wore a little white pinafore! The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains Decked in velvet or clad in rags the friendly porter pays no heed, for the pinafores hide all class distinctions. Pinafore Palace It was creeping about like an old baby, and had on a little frock and pinafore. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Double the pinafore into four, and cut the arm holes to the required depth in the two side folds, so that half will form the front. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet "I am sorry for her," said Henry, rubbing the sleeve of his pinafore across his eyes. The Fairchild Family He put from him suggestive pictures of curls and pinafores which memory and flitting dreams still flashed before him at times. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains When the pinafores themselves are cast aside Pinafore Palace will be outgrown, and you can find something better suited to the developing requirements of the nursery folk in "The Posy Ring." Pinafore Palace “Begad, madam, you are grown too old for a pinafore now; and I hold that 'tis for me to judge what company my wife shall see,” said my lord, slapping the table. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The neck is to be hollowed out about a quarter of a nail in the middle, and the pinafore is to be set on to the neck band, which fastens by a button behind. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet The only one who stood aloof was the black boy who had been Rodney's playmate when the two wore pinafores, and he leaned against the corner of the house and howled piteously. Rodney The Partisan Madge was a year and a half older than her brother and always treated him as though he were a very small boy in knickerbockers—if not actually in pinafores. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery "Oh, no, little Prince and Princess dear, All pinafores freely enter here!" Pinafore Palace Suddenly awakened, Poppy sat up and looked about her in a dazed way; then her eyes fell on her muddy pinafore and boots, and a hot blush spread over her baby face. The Carroll Girls For a close pinafore, two breadths of Holland, or other material, will be required. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet She is very tidily dressed; there is a clean white holland pinafore under the scarlet cloak, and although her shoes are old, they are well patched and mended. Poppy's Presents There were little dresses, and pinafores, and numerous other small articles of clothing, always ready for her. The Elm Tree Tales Into her mind had come the picture of herself, in spotless pinafore, bending with her governess over her English books. The Biography of a Prairie Girl It was Poppy's pinafore, dried now by the breeze. The Carroll Girls We frequently see full-grown and able-bodied natives indulging in amusements which the men of the West lay aside with their pinafores, or when their curls are cut. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories But Poppy had rolled her apple up in her pinafore, and did not seem inclined to begin to eat it. Poppy's Presents Pairs of girls in pinafores and long hair stood separate in the porch. The Rainbow Molly emptied the peascods out of her pinafore and went in. Oswald Bastable and Others Esther got up and stood by Miss Charlotte, her colour coming and going, her fingers playing nervously with her pinafore. The Carroll Girls The boys wear a long pinafore or overall of cheap black stuff, and even the biggest go about in short socks, showing their bare legs, which looks rather babyish to us. Round the Wonderful World It's like a child in a pinafore trying to teach its grandmother how to do things. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series She flitted down the corridor on swift feet, her razor and note-books and pencil in one hand, her pinafore over her arm. The Rainbow Be a good girl, dear, and do not forget to wear your pinafores in the morning. Oswald Bastable and Others "When is Fair time?" asked Primrose, as she was putting on a clean pinafore. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia "Now, no dawdling; set down and be quick about it—sup up your porridge without letting a drop of it get on your clean pinafores, or I'll smack you." Good Luck She was holding something concealed in her little pinafore. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School When she was a little older, he would see her recklessly climbing over the bars of the stile, in her red pinafore, swinging in peril and tumbling over, picking herself up and flitting towards him. The Rainbow Mrs. Mackerel sat in her little room, Back of her husband's grocery store, Trying to see through the evening gloom, To finish the baby's pinafore. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Dottie is crying now because she has been scolded for coming down to tea in a dirty pinafore.” Not Like Other Girls He gave her a gentle push, and the child stood there holding out her pinafore and gazing over it at her grandfather with large, frightened eyes. The Combined Maze Finally Dolly was induced to unfold her pinafore, and inside lay an unopened telegram. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School But for pinafores and long hair, they would have carried easy victories. The Rainbow Uncle Zeb taught me a jig when I was a wee thing in pinafores. The Love Story of Abner Stone If they ever do tumble down, soil their pinafores, throw stones, or make mud pies, they practise these juvenile vices in a midnight secrecy which no stranger's eye can penetrate. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot She came to him lifting up her little clean pinafore and frock to show him. The Combined Maze She came skimming gracefully through the orchard under the cherry trees, with her hair down her back, her skirt awry, and a great stain on the front of her pinafore. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School They went home, however, with hair lugged and pinafores torn. The Rainbow Even the soft-faced child, just growing into woman, who had held her pinafore for fruit, in the orchard, whose half-fallen apple-tree was his almost constant seat, floated across his vacant, yet restless mind. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 They took off his pinafore and he is now teaching Latin outside Aldgate Station. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Unfortunately, it was my mind, not yours, that was concerned, and that had been made up when Charlotte was in pinafores. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker In the seventies girls as old as Kitty wore long white pinafores. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School Indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? The Rainbow There was a great deal more banter and fun, and the March of Education was resumed with small recruits in clean pinafores darting out of homes here and there to join it. The End of the Rainbow Always to speak the truth, never to mess their clean pinafores, and last, but not least, never to play with the Chamois! Soap-Bubble Stories For Children She was clothed in a blue checked pinafore and a sunbonnet of the same material, which absorbed the blue light and glowed with vivid color. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Putting on a short, girlish gown, kept for scrambles among the rocks, she improvised a pinafore, and braided her long hair a la Morlena Kenwigs, with butterfly bows at the ends. Moods She had taken a black pinafore from a newspaper package, and was tying it round her waist. The Rainbow She had set her pinafore on fire when she was a child, and it had blazed up under her chin, causing irreparable injury before the flames could be extinguished. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius What was that one worth?—it was a small chestnut creature with a child's pink pinafore for a halter. Highways and Byways in Surrey Rosie came first, of course, but then Rosie not only knew every word in the Complete Speller, but was a Complete Speller herself in curls and a pink pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Tom found her there, drying and smearing her face with an earthy corner of her pinafore. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young When she had laid down her work, she began to plan how the offensive bouquets might be covered with a pinafore of linen, which looked very cool and nice in summer-time. The Perpetual Curate That deep and festering political hatreds, fierce enthusiasms, inherited pride of race, and instilled pride in nationality, were covered by worked apron-bibs, and even childish pinafores, is anyone likely to doubt? The Dop Doctor Presently they heard a child's shrill voice, and a pink pinafore emerged from among the little roofs. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls I remember I was dressed mostly in a sunbonnet and the remains of a pinafore—and I think I was in Highland costume as to shoes and stockings. 'Lizbeth of the Dale "You will all go with me and Ellen," said Alexia, quietly, beginning with her deft fingers to remove grubby pinafores and brush tumbled hair. A Bachelor's Dream She hastily replaced the peg in its place, but the cider spurted all over her clean white pinafore. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story The calico made another frock and two nice pinafores, the black alpaca some small aprons. Nine Little Goslings Pauline toiled bravely over the endless array of pinafores which the youthful Hardings managed to make unpresentable in a week. A Princess in Calico She had supposed, before leaving home, that Mary would be the most beautiful creature present; but Mary's pale flaxen curls and colorless pinafore were lost in the gorgeous display on all sides. 'Lizbeth of the Dale There was no water to wash in; and her hands, face, and pinafore were in a high state of grease. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. "The little girls will laugh at me," she said, drying her tears with her pinafore. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story There was a kind-faced woman there, who put pretty clean pinafores on all the children when they came in the morning, and there was always something nice for dinner. The Girls of St. Olave's The words were hearty with sincerity, and the woman’s intention of rendering neighborly assistance genuine, for she promptly produced a large pinafore from under her arm and proceeded to put it on. The Wall Between So she wiped the tears away on her pinafore, a proceeding which Aunt Margaret had characterized as positively vulgar, but Elizabeth knew that in Miss Hillary's opinion of her nothing mattered any more. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Then she picked me up and carried me home in the checked pinafore. Pussy and Doggy Tales But a young man of nineteen ought not to be attached to his mother's pinafore! The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story She works pinafores for New-Zealanders in the May Meetings, and appears in wondrous bonnets at the Church Congress. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) The next morning while Ellen stood at the kitchen table slicing bread for breakfast, Lucy, her figure girlish in a blue and white pinafore, appeared in the doorway. The Wall Between He was particularly struck with the smallest one, a little girl in a torn, berry-stained blue pinafore and a sunbonnet of the same material. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The door did open presently, however, and a little girl appeared; a very charming little maiden indeed, in a neat dark costume relieved by a fresh white pinafore. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers And so she was—red shawl and white pinafore, and small dark head, as usual. Peterkin I clambered down from the window-seat, and stroked my pinafore, which had got ruffled up, and came forward towards the lady, holding out my hand. My New Home Her soiled and torn clothes were not to be seen, but a dress of clean cotton and a fresh pinafore lay on the wooden stool. A Little Maid of Province Town It turned out quite satisfactorily, and Rosie's next duty was to chant the usual incantation over the buttons of her friend's pinafore: "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief." 'Lizbeth of the Dale Even when she was in pinafores I took care that she should be picturesque. Vixen, Volume II. Juliet wore one of her characteristic working frocks, and the big pinafore which enveloped it from head to foot was of an attractive design. The Indifference of Juliet And over that again, white muslin, all fruzzled on, that had once been pinafores of mine, but had got too worn to use any more in that way. My New Home She can go to Mrs Butler's in a torn dress and dirty pinafore. A Poor Man's House "What are they going to have them for?" asked Elizabeth, drying her eyes on her pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale “Well, if it will really make you happy, Alexia,” said Phronsie, smoothing down her pinafore in great satisfaction, “I will get my children.” Five Little Peppers at School When the door closed on the three Juliet produced from somewhere two aprons—attractive affairs on the pinafore order—one of which she slipped upon Rachel, the other donned herself. The Indifference of Juliet The pink and white of their frocks and pinafores were all but hidden by the little forest of green that they carried before and above them. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time One little girl plays about at home with a dirty face, tumbled hair, and an old pinafore on. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Elizabeth stood before her aunt twisting her pinafore into a string in an agony of suspense. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Please say you don't;” and before Alexia could say another word, the tears poured down the round cheeks, wetting Phronsie's pinafore. Five Little Peppers at School Barnes stood an instant, staring hard at the slender figure in the white pinafore, the round young arms gleaming in the lamplight—then he turned to follow the others. The Indifference of Juliet She dabbed her eyes with the corner of her soiled pinafore until they smiled like violets new washed with dew; she wiped the trickling tear-drops from her smudgy China rose cheeks until they bloomed afresh. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls To return from a protracted voyage was to find your younger friends sunk into pinafores. Chimney-Pot Papers Elizabeth stood rigid in a pool of dish-water, and instinctively felt to find how many buttons of her pinafore were undone. 'Lizbeth of the Dale And in all her conversations with the other dogs she invariably held up Jasper's big black dog, his great friend and companion since pinafore days, as their model. Five Little Peppers at School There could be no question that the Juliet Marcy who, since she had laid aside her pinafores, had kept many men at bay, had at last surrendered. The Indifference of Juliet A pair of strong boots, two pink cotton pinafores, some few other things, and a clean, large-print prayerbook. Littlebourne Lock When there, she produced from under her pinafore a trap and bat. Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good They were interrupted by the bursting open of the door, and like a whirlwind a disheveled little person, wild-eyed and tear-stained, in a dirty, streaked pinafore, flung herself into the room. 'Lizbeth of the Dale One of the little pupils had set her pinafore on fire. A World of Girls The Story of a School But the morning’s flurry had set its signs upon her, and the pinafore was not as immaculate as it had been three hours earlier. The Indifference of Juliet I’ve a notion to put you in a pinafore, and give you a Teddy Bear to carry. Patty's Friends And go on with Tod's pinafores and dresses, my dear, and don't be discouraged if they are a failure at first,—though to my eyes that dress is a most sumptuous affair. Vagabondia 1884 The tears came dripping down upon the blue pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Mother thought he would say "Because I tore my pinafore, and made a noise in the front hall." Last Words A Final Collection of Stories Last of all, there was Katherine, now grown to be a great girl, with her gipsy hair done up in a red ribbon and wearing a black pinafore bordered with white braid. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "He looks just like an angel," said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "I always go in backward after they have had a quarrel," said Mollie, looking up from a half-made pinafore of Tod's, which, in the zeal of her repentance, she had decided on finishing. Vagabondia 1884 She pressed behind Sarah Emily, striving to hide the squirming little bundle beneath her pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale I was quite an old girl when she was a little thing in pinafores. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune At their feet was a huddled heap of blue frock and white pinafore, over which trailed a wisp of long fair hair. A Big Temptation I used to go up to Susan D.'s room and cry over her little pinafores and things. Fernley House She wears a cotton check pinafore over her plain frock, and goes in wooden shoes. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 She slipped it into the pocket of her blue pinafore, and smiled up at him. 'Lizbeth of the Dale He had an eye for the gentle sex even when their fairness was disguised by dirty pinafores and stiff pigtails. Explorers of the Dawn And Mollie went, just pushing the doll into the box with all the papers, and hiding it under her pinafore. A Big Temptation It was a world of waving pinafores and thin black-stockinged legs and shrill, sweet voices. Mary, Mary While he grips his sister's pinafore with one hand, for fear of tumbling, he shakes his whip in the other like a sturdy lad. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 She knew that, while untidy hair and a dirty pinafore were extremely reprehensible, bare feet put one quite beyond the possibility of being genteel. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Angel and I had donned old jerseys and The Seraph a clean holland pinafore, against which he pressed an empty treacle tin where a solitary worm reared an anxious head against the encircling gloom. Explorers of the Dawn Then its clothes—no pretty pink frock and clean pinafore, no clothes to take off and on—it had only a black fur rug round its waist. A Big Temptation Elizabeth rose slowly to her feet and stood working a corner of her pinafore into a knot. An Australian Lassie But it looked to me like a child's pinafore, greatly enlarged. Gossamer 1915 With a hasty "thanks," she slipped it into her pinafore with her other treasures. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Her shoes are wooden, like the floor; How nice she keeps her pinafore! Little People: An Alphabet It is a pity fools are prone to scribble, Such pigmy rhymesters as sincerely yours, Who flabbergast their nursery-maids and dribble All down their literary pinafores. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems The little girl grew white, then red, then white again, and went on twisting her pinafore. An Australian Lassie The half-score or more of girls, who work under the superintendence of a forewoman, are all dressed in clean Holland pinafores—an industrial uniform. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 Scarcely knowing what she did, Elizabeth caught up the shivering little terrier and rolled him under her pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale "Give it to me," cried the Prince; and reaching after it, he hid it under his pinafore. The Little Lame Prince Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters A pinafore, which Joan had worn at breakfast, was served to them for an indication of the work they had to do; they snuffed at it languidly for some seconds. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories "I can't have neglected him, can I?" she asked of the little girl in the pinafore, and the shadows on the landing once more became alive with the unknown. Moor Fires The little girl in the blue gingham dress and white frilled pinafore looked at her small hostess reproachfully. Chicken Little Jane Then Elizabeth was clothed in a long, spotlessly clean, dun-colored pinafore, starched to the extremity of discomfort, and her spirits, always colored by her surroundings, were also subdued and confined. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Peace stopped short in the path and thoughtfully sucked her finger as she eyed the dirty pinafore and wistful face of this pet of the family. At the Little Brown House A faded checked pinafore, with just plain arm-holes, covered her nearly all up. A Little Girl of Long Ago A pinafore was rather ridiculous on such a big boy. A Little Girl in Old New York “She’s getting mad,” said the little girl in the pink dress and white frilled pinafore—sister to the blue dress. Chicken Little Jane "I wish you'd go back home and leave me alone," she wailed, as she wiped away her tears with the muddy skirt of her pinafore. 'Lizbeth of the Dale I had on a checked gingham pinafore, and my hair was drawn tight behind my ears and braided into two tiny tails with red ribbons on the ends. The Governess Their faces and pinafores clean; And persons scholastic, in accents refined. Shining Ferry His mother still made him put on a long, checked pinafore to come to meals. A Little Girl in Old New York They were on tiptoe with excitement and could hardly be made to stand still long enough to have their neckties tied or their pinafores buttoned. Carl and the Cotton Gin She did not know that the starched pinafore that scratched her neck, the tightness of her heavy braid of hair, and the stiffness of her Sunday boots contributed not a little to her inner discomfort. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Two executioners with pinafores reversed, led me in. The Trial of William Tinkling Written by Himself at the Age of 8 Years What he undertook to do he usually did with all his might and main—whether it was the rending of his pinafore or the smashing of his drum! Sunk at Sea Charles put on a pinafore that hung in the kitchen closet. A Little Girl in Old New York I gave wee Norah the pinafore, and the old brown frock besides. Janet's Love and Service Elizabeth, in her Sunday pinafore, starched a little stiffer than usual, gazed at her in boundless admiration. 'Lizbeth of the Dale No. 2.—Anne in a blue pinafore, with the wind blowing her hair back on a gray March morning. Mistress Anne There was a little lump on Becky’s knees covered up by her pinafore. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes He started to his feet as he spoke, upsetting the ink-pot over his own copybook and also over Kitty's white-frilled pinafore. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World "A—a pinafore, for instance," he suggested, "or a—a——" "A coat," pronounced Tottie. Apron-Strings "My mother is blanchisseuse," the boy said, lifting a heap of pinafores from a chair. Barbara in Brittany He would then bolt his food in three-inch squares, and rush back to the library, often with his dinner napkin still tied round his neck like a pinafore. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North They have been made as black as crows, Quite black all over, eyes and nose, And legs, and arms, and heads, and toes, And trowsers, pinafores, and toys,— The silly little inky boys! Caw! Caw! : the Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time And buttercups grew on each inch of ground, No room for a pin could between be found, They gathered, and gathered, you may be bound, Till pinafores all were loaded! Golden Moments Bright Stories for Young Folks "Sophie, do you ever feel so young that you are almost wild with it—as if there hadn't been any years since you wore pinafores and pigtails?" Glory of Youth After a timid knock she passed in, and made a little picture as she stood in the firelight, in her brown velveteen frock and large white-frilled pinafore. Odd "Cross my heart, an' hope to die," said the child earnestly, making across her pinafore the mystic sign, so potent to the childish mind. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands They have been made as black as crows, Quite black all over, eyes and nose, And legs, and arms, and heads, and toes, And trowsers, pinafores, and toys,— The silly little inky boys! Caw! Caw! : the Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time And there goes Daisy's pinafore, and Bobby's pantaloons; and now she is pausing to remove a defunct grasshopper from Renee's bonnet! Molly Bawn Also, through the same donors, in the same parcel, were sent from Brighton, 8 frocks, 6 pinafores, 6 handkerchiefs, 3 chemises, 2 petticoats, and 10s. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part Is this a little doggie you have rolled up in your pinafore? Odd They smiled, both of them, ah how sweetly they smiled upon me, and I filled my pinafore with the cowslips, soft, cool, wet cowslips,—I feel them in my hand now, so cool, so wet! Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims She was evidently a personage of some importance, for her hair was neatly banged just over her eyes, and she wore a clean white pinafore with bows of pink ribbon at the shoulders. The Woggle-Bug Book At a certain time of year you might see in it quite an exhibition of stockings, pinafores, dresses and other pretty things, prepared for the children of a mission-school in India. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion Half through the second operation, though, she hesitated, paused, stopped short and threw aside her cloth and pinafore. The Brentons I made a special request for this, thinkin’ that mayhap—” He looked pointedly at Loo, and Loo looked pointedly at the pinafore which suddenly claimed her undivided attention. The Iron Horse Presently one little detective said: ‘Please, teacher, Teddy’s got a horse in his pocket,’ and another said that Sally had an elephant in her pinafore! Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure On Saturdays she delighted to array herself in an overall pinafore and carry out improvements in the hen-yard. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story And now let me try on the pinafore for baby; I want to see whether it will fit.' Aunt Mary On he was dragged, when a gentleman, hearing the cry of the little boy with the pinafore, came to the gate at the moment the pony was passing, and caught his head. Ernest Bracebridge School Days There she stood bewildered, holding up her little pinafore full of daisies, helpless among those large horned monsters. The Hawthorns A Story about Children Sophia Jane unrolled her arms, and smoothed the pinafore down in front with her small bony hands; then she thrust out her pointed chin, and asked eagerly: “May we go and play in the attic?” Susan A Story for Children “Now”—smoothing her pinafore tightly over her knees—“give ’em to me, and come up and sit alongside, and we’ll have ’em together. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls It’s a poor sort of picture as she’ll make, with a face as white as her pinafore. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May She wore a dark cotton frock and checked pinafore, and her feet, without stockings, were slipped into shoes that seemed a world too big for them. Christie Redfern's Troubles A big girl in a checkered pinafore came out and made a curtsey, assisting to undo the chain. The Carbonels “Lots of things: rumpling my pinafores, leaving the door open, standing on one side of my foot, making faces, not knowing my lessons—a farthing every time.” Susan A Story for Children She was about twelve years old, very childish-looking for her age, and dressed in a fresh, yellow cotton frock, nearly covered by a big, white pinafore. Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls Then Lilac advanced, and dropping her little curtsy stood silently in front of Miss Ellen and Miss Alice holding out her pinafore to its widest extent. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May A neat and beautifully white pinafore was bound round her waist by a red belt, and a profusion of glossy brown ringlets fell upon her shoulders. Amos Huntingdon Many more children were thus destroyed than now, when they do not wear so much cotton, nor such long frocks and pinafores. The Carbonels We were always such chums, from the time that I was a mite in pinafores. More about Pixie At that moment she had no hankering whatever for the days of pigtails and pinafores! More About Peggy Lilac could not lift the great basket, and it was at last found best to pile up the branches in her long white pinafore, which she held by the two corners. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Out she fetcht from hidden stores White frocks for Sundays, And always nice clean pinafores Against school, Mondays. The Village Wife's Lament About twenty, of all ages, came—the boys in smocks, the girls in print frocks and pinafores, one in her mother’s black bonnet, others in coarse straw or sun-bonnets. The Carbonels Just holland pinafores that we can soil as much as we like!” pleaded the Captain, feeling more than rewarded for his firmness as he met the adoring glances of three pairs of innocent eyes. More about Pixie |
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