noun An apron with a bib, kept in place by pinning; a pinafore.
noun A woman's head-dress, having long flaps hanging down the sides of the cheeks, worn during the early part of the eighteenth century: generally in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun obsolete One who pins or impounds cattle. See pin, v. t.
noun One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.
noun obsolete, obsolete A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
noun obsolete, obsolete An apron with a bib; a pinafore.
noun obsolete A cloth band for a gown.
noun A pin maker.
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noun Agent noun of pin; one who pins.
noun obsolete One who pins or impounds cattle.
noun A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
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One of these was a sturdy middle-aged man -- whose long white "pinner" was somewhat finer and cleaner than the wraps of the others, and whose jacket underneath had a presentable marketing aspect -- the master-dairyman, of whom she was in quest, his double character as
She had on a black velvet gown, and a white pinner and apron, and a very high bridge to her nose (which is a sure mark of high breeding), and a large pair of white spectacles on it, which made her look rather odd: but it was the ancient fashion of her house.
She had on a black velvet gown, and a white pinner and apron, and a very high bridge to her nose (which is a sure mark of high breeding), and a large pair of white spectacles on it, which made her look rather odd;
He wore the ordinary white pinner and leather leggings of a dairy-farmer when milking, and his boots were clogged with the mulch of the yard; but this was all his local livery.
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