pinny


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pin·ny

 (pĭn′ē)
n. pl. pin·nies
1. Informal A pinafore.
2. or penny Sports One of a set of uniformly colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.
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pinny

(ˈpɪnɪ)
n, pl -nies
(Clothing & Fashion) a child's or informal name for pinafore1
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pinny - a sleeveless dress resembling an apronpinny - a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
pinafore, jumper
dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
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pinny

[ˈpɪni] n (British) → tablier m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pinny

n (Brit inf) → Schürze f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pinny

[ˈpɪnɪ] n (fam) → grembiule m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Three handkins and a pinny! Have YOU seen them, Tabby Kitten?"
THEN she took something else off a clothes-horse-- "That isn't my pinny?" said Lucie.
THERE'S one of my pocket-handkins!" cried Lucie--"and there's my pinny!"
WHEN they had finished tea, they tied up the clothes in bundles; and Lucie's pocket-handkerchiefs were folded up inside her clean pinny, and fastened with a silver safety-pin.
(Now some people say that little Lucie had been asleep upon the stile-- but then how could she have found three clean pocket-handkins and a pinny, pinned with a silver safety-pin?
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Harry--(a woman's pinny hand, --the man's wife, I'll wager) -- Aye --Mr.
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I do TV pinny love my job but I'd love to get into cooking eventually.
TV CHEF DELIA COPS SOME FLAK
And in her first ever interview, Carole told theDaily Telegraph Stylistmagazine just how she steers the Christmas ship (since you ask it's in a red Goat dress with a pinny over it).
Inside the VERY relaxed Christmas chez Middleton: How Kate and Wills will be spending December 25; Kate and Wills, or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have opted to skip a royal Christmas to spend it with the Middleton's
Tel: 0333 202 0720 M&CO - EMBROID PINNY DRESS SET Product reference: 3014290 Embroid Pinny Dress Set Colour: Denim All Sizes: 0/3 months - 3 /4 years M&Co have identified a potential problem with the poppers detaching on some of their dresses too, which could present a choking hazard to young children.
Kids' clothes and food recalled from stores
The Secret Diary of Jane Pinny, Victorian House Maid
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The main attraction was the pinny and rollers, with people bidding online from all over the world, but the new owner is Trevor Beattie, an advertising executive listed by Marketing magazine as the 9th Most Influential Person in Media, who paid PS4,200.
UNDER THE HAMMER
As it's Organic Beauty Week, I say get your pinny on and bake yourself beautiful.
I'm all for natural beauty

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