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pinafore

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1. pinafore - Noun

2. pinafore - Verb

Meaning

An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A child's garment to wear at school or for play would be a pinafore. Source: Internet

According to Jones, "Pinafore launched the first media blitz in the United States" beginning in 1879, and recent ads include a television campaign for Terry's Chocolate Orange featuring a pastiche of "When I Was a Lad". Source: Internet

According to Teichmann, Ferber once described Woollcott as "a New Jersey Nero who has mistaken his pinafore for a toga." Source: Internet

An early Yiddish adaptation of Pinafore, called Der Shirtz (Yiddish for "apron") was written by Miriam Walowit in 1952 for a Brooklyn, New York Hadassah group, and they recorded 12 of the songs. Source: Internet

After a reasonably strong first week, audiences quickly fell off, since most New Yorkers had already seen local productions of Pinafore. Source: Internet

Analysis Theatre historian John Bush Jones wrote that Pinafore has "everything a musical theatregoer could ask for. Source: Internet

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