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chequer-brat

chequer-brat noun: a kind of crossbarred pinafore.

Noun

chequer-brat (plural chequer-brats)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of crossbarred pinafore.
    • They wear paper-caps and white aprons with “bibs” to them, or a sort of cross-barred pinafore, called in the manufacturing districts a “chequer-brat.”1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Forms of chequer-brat

pluralchequer-brats

Questions about chequer-brat

What does chequer-brat mean?
Chequer-brat means a kind of crossbarred pinafore.
What part of speech is chequer-brat?
Chequer-brat is a noun.
What is the plural of chequer-brat?
The plural of chequer-brat is chequer-brats.

Words near chequer-brat in the dictionary

  1. chequees
  2. chequeless
  3. chequer
  4. chequer tree
  5. chequer trees
  6. chequer-brat
  7. chequer-brats
  8. Chequerbent
  9. chequerboard
  10. chequerboarded
  11. chequerboarding

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