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Apron   /ˈeɪprən/   Listen
Apron

noun
1.
A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
2.
(golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green.
3.
The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain).  Synonyms: forestage, proscenium.
4.
A paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used.



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"Apron" Quotes from Famous Books



... moved quietly to the door that leads to the roofs, while Pietro Cagliacci himself wiped the dust-covered receiver on his apron and put it to ...
— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard
... hearing him come up the stair, opened the door, casting a shaft of light into the spiral. Durtal, reaching the landing, saw his friend in shirt sleeves and enveloped in an apron. ...
— La-bas • J. K. Huysmans
... the speckless landlady, a cheerful creature in black cap and white apron, her bodice laced with ornamental green and red ribbons. She gave a cry of joy, and flew to meet him, broom in hand. "Welcome home, Heer Spinoza! How glad the little ones will be when they get back from school! There's a pack of knaves been ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... goatee of the same shade. He was hanging his hat on the carved mahogany rack in the hall when Jincy, a young colored maid, came from the main drawing-room on the right. She had a feather duster in her hand and wore a turban- like head-cloth, a neat black dress, and a clean white apron. ...
— The Desired Woman • Will N. Harben
... at last, she found Charlotta sobbing in the kitchen porch. The small handmaiden was doubled up on the floor, with her face muffled in her gingham apron and her long braids of red hair hanging with limp straightness down her back. When Charlotta was in good spirits, they always hung perkily over each shoulder, tied up with enormous bows ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 • Lucy Maud Montgomery


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