aprons
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The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.
Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.
A basic distinction is between waist aprons which cover the body from the waist down and a bib apron which also covers the upper part of the body.
Aprons are also worn in many commercial establishments to protect workers clothes from damage, mainly bib aprons, but also others such as blacksmith or farrier aprons.
A number of radiology organizations are trying to end the decades-old practice of shielding patients from radiation with lead aprons.
Of the nine workers in small Albuquerque business, which specializes in making tote bags, towels, aprons and home accessories, six are immigrants and, of those, five are refugees.