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pinny

n. 1 A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. 2 (context colloquial English) A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups.

WordNet
pinny

n. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing [syn: jumper, pinafore]

Usage examples of "pinny".

Did Pinny tell you that we are enjoying the rare felicity of entertaining her, and my uncle, and our beloved cousin?

They neither of them looked at my pinny but stood staring at each other.

It was specially built with a little seat under it, and after a good deal of maneuvering and giggling on both their parts, Lucillia was safely under it, while Emily, wrapped in a pinny she found hanging behind the door, sponged and rubbed and shampooed.

There was nothing much more to do for Lucillia and she could put on the pinny in the bathroom.

Beatrice took off the pinny she was wearing, got a jacket from the wardrobe, found her handbag and shoes and tidied her hair.

Bonham towered over him, a duster in his hand, a floral pinny on his chest, a look of surprise on his face mingled with the unremitting sorrow which seemed to Troy to have been his lot since the Blitz and the death of his wife Ethel.

Mary Morris had wiped hers on a pinny covered with cutesy cartoon Shetland ponies.

Jess wiped her hands on her pinny, the apron she, and most housewives, habitually wore during the day, before answering the knock at the door.

She was wearing a floral pinny over a nightdress, and holding a goldfish bowl with two fish in it.

On other nights they plop, wearing unstylish pinnies, into big black holes after their husbands have rung to say they're working late again, with the sound of creaking leatherware and sexy Singletons tittering in the background.