Definitions for Pinafore

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Pinafore pin·a·fore

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

IPA: /ˈpɪn əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/

Pinafore is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 333 anagrams from letters in Pinafore (aefinopr).

Definitions for Pinafore

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 Pinafore

First recorded in 1775-85; pin + afore

Examples for Pinafore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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