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sun-bonneted

sun-bonneted is the alternative form of sunbonneted.

Meaning of sunbonneted

Adjective

sunbonneted (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a sunbonnet.
    • While he is at the front end selling calico to some wearisome old lady, sunbonneted and chaffering, a mischievous boy is very apt to be pocketing lumps of sugar for profit, or starting the faucet of a molasses barrel for fun at the other.1866, “Mr. Dod's Six Shots”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 32, page 208

Origin of sun-bonneted

From sun bonnet + -ed.

Questions about sun-bonneted

What is sun-bonneted the alternative form of?
Sun-bonneted is the alternative form of sunbonneted.

Words near sun-bonneted in the dictionary

  1. sun-bittern
  2. sun-blind
  3. sun-blinds
  4. sun-bloom
  5. sun-blooms
  6. sun-bonneted
  7. sun-bunnies
  8. sun-bunny
  9. sun-burner
  10. sun-burners
  11. sun-chaser

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