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• The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.From the entry bloody
• The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.From the entry floury
• I wear what is called a waiter apron; it’s white and comes midcalf.2008 February 17, “Midwest Mex”, in New York Times. From the entry midcalf
• There was a cartoon woman in an apron on the front.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger. From the entry gush
• She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan.1963 Peter, Paul and Mary, "Polly Von". From the entry 'd
• The Hooverette can be worn as a dress or as an apron.1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book. From the entry hooverette
• She swapped the rose beige dress for an apron, and took inventory of the ice box.1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 17, in Red Harvest. From the entry take inventory
• A young girl in cap and apron—a girl of quite unusual prettiness—appeared at the door.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry prettiness
• The apron was a long sack-like garment, high in the neck, with sleeves.1923, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →OCLC. From the entry gingham
• He noticed that Elaine appeared charming in her neat little, flouncy printer's apron.1911 September 23, Joseph Swerling, “One Way of Collecting a Bad Printing Account”, in Printing Trade News: The Business Publication of…. From the entry flouncy
• "Will 'ee have some?" said Martha Ann presently, holding out her apron filled with rosy quarrendens.1905, Mark Guy Pearse, “Terrible Expensive”, in The Quiver, page 1068. From the entry 'ee
• Her apron looks like a black belt in grandma-ing.2013, Kelsey Timmerman, “The Starbucks Experience”, in Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy, Hoboken, N.J.…. From the entry grandma
• The grease on his hand from Burt’s apron meant that slowly but surely he was losing his grip.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry breathe one's last breath
• There has been, however, something of an apron revival—modern chefwear catalogs feature clogs, chef’s pants, and serious aprons.2006, Bonny Wolf, Talking with My Mouth Full: Crab Cakes, Bundt Cakes, and Other Kitchen Stories, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press…. From the entry chefwear
• Next, remove the apron from the underside of the crab.2001 June 6, Patricia Talorico, “Just forget that it’s a whole crab; take a bite and enjoy that flavor”, in The News Journal, Wilmington…. From the entry devil's fingers
• The associated artifacts include the familiar absorbent deli pad, or "meat diaper," that drips sanguinary rivulets on the garbage-sorters' aprons.2001, William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy, Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry meat diaper
• I removed the underside of the crab called its apron.1992 June 21, Rob Kasper, “To cut, or not to cut, the mustard”, in The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, page 1G. From the entry devil's fingers
• On the apron near the terminal, on the railinged roof of the terminal with the sightseers and relatives, behind glass.1990, Craig Thoman, Wildcat. From the entry railinged
• When requested by the worker a suitable apron shall be supplied to timber stackers, lorry drivers, and machinists.1982, New Zealand. Arbitration Court, Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the Industrial Relations Act, the Apprentices…. From the entry slabby
• The old jowter twisted up the apron in his hands.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 68. From the entry jowter
• She wore a wide shawl over her head which hung down on either side, only partially hiding a starched, white apron..1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry shawl
• Slippery as a butcher's apron it is, and I comes a gutser twice before I gets down to the stag.1964, Ron Helmer, Stag Party, page 82. From the entry come a gutser
• She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 1, in Crime out of Mind. From the entry bodice
• The waiters wore striped waistcoats and green baize aprons.1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 30. From the entry americano
• Her eyes fell on the table, and she advanced into the room wiping her hands on her apron.1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond. From the entry fall
• The young ladies receiving are dressed in chocolate colored costumes; plain full skirts, white aprons and little Dutch caps.1905, Sarah Tyson Rorer, Mrs. Rorer’s Every Day Menu Book: Giving a Menu for Every Meal in the Year; Menus for Weddings, Dinners…. From the entry chocolatière
• And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.1902, R. H. Charles, transl., The book of Jubilees, or The little Genesis, London: A. and C. Black, 3:22, page 26. From the entry shame
• Glacifluvial sediment may be found in ice-contact environments (supraglacial, englacial, subglacial and ice-marginal) or proglacial environments beyond an apron of stagnant ice.2013, Andrew Goudie, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, →ISBN, page 462. From the entry glacifluvial
• She arrived decked out in the trademark foliage suit, teamed with a bright pink apron and a tray of cherry bakewell tarts.2009 August 1, “The Human Shrub strikes again... with his wife the Human Shrubette”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry cherry bakewell tart
• They called amiably to one another, these men and women in their heavy aprons and gloves, these metal workers, armorers, and weaponsmasters.2005, Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, OutCast: Ghostfire, Aladdin Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 165. From the entry weaponsmaster
• Now she showed off her physique in a backless apron shirt and hoochie shorts that were so tight, I could see ample beavage.2003, Megan McCafferty, Second Helpings, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry beavage
• Two hours later Susan pulled the Pajero off the road onto the floodlit apron of the servo at the end of the Bowen bypass.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 83. From the entry servo
• M. wearing a dinner’s on apron.1991, Douglas Coupland, “Celebrities Die”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 111. From the entry miasmic
• She set down a huge wooden spoon, wiped her long hands on her flowerprint apron, and gave me a hug that smelled of rosemary.1986, Epstein, Daniel Mark, Star of wonder : American stories & memoirs, page 115. From the entry flowerprint
• The employer shall supply the sawyer and tailer-out at breast bench, workers operating goose-saws, and slabbies with suitable leather aprons for use while so employed.1982, New Zealand. Arbitration Court, Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the Industrial Relations Act, the Apprentices…. From the entry slabby
• He tied the apron on with a little bow behind and strode to the big marble slab like a towelled man to a Turkish bath.1963, William Sansom, “Hot and Cold”, in The London Magazine, page 11. From the entry towelled
• He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it.1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 50. From the entry cast

Meaning of apron

1. noun An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. noun The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. noun The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.

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Questions about apron in a sentence

How do you use apron in a sentence?

Apron is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner.”

What is a short sentence with apron?

“M. wearing a dinner’s on apron.”

What does apron mean?

Apron means an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.