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pinafores

pinafores is the plural of pinafore.

pinafores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pinafore.

Meaning of pinafore

Noun

pinafore (plural pinafores)

  1. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
    • “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.1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales

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Questions about pinafores

What is pinafores the plural of?
Pinafores is the plural of pinafore.

Words near pinafores in the dictionary

  1. pinacula
  2. pinaculum
  3. pinacyanol
  4. pinafore
  5. pinafored
  6. pinafores
  7. pinaforing
  8. Pinagalaan
  9. Pinagbayanan
  10. Pinagbuhatan
  11. Pinagkaisahan

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