Definitions for pinafores

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pinafores pin·a·fore

Spelling: [pin-uh-fawr, -fohr]

IPA: /ˈpɪn əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/

Pinafores is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 722 anagrams from letters in pinafores (aefinoprs).

Definitions for pinafores

noun

1. a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
2. a woman's sleeveless garment derived from it, low-necked, tying or buttoning in the back, and worn as an apron or as a dress, usually over a blouse, a sweater, or another dress.
3. Chiefly British. a large apron worn by adults. a sleeveless smock.

Origin of pinafores

First recorded in 1775-85; pin + afore

Examples for pinafores

We'll sail in the 'pinafore,' and come home with our pockets full of money.

"Give it to me," cried the Prince; and reaching after it, he hid it under his pinafore.

"I am sorry for her," said Henry, rubbing the sleeve of his pinafore across his eyes.

But it looked to me like a child's pinafore, greatly enlarged.

It was creeping about like an old baby, and had on a little frock and pinafore.

But a young man of nineteen ought not to be attached to his mother's pinafore!

The 'pinafore' announcement was for the edification of the New Londoners.

His frock set off this petted appearance—it gave you the idea of a pinafore on him.

"The little girls will laugh at me," she said, drying her tears with her pinafore.

Then why don't you substitute something in place of 'pinafore?'