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aproned, ppl. a.|ˈeɪprənd|
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
Having an apron (freq. in comb.); formerly used for: Of the working class, mechanic.
1628Feltham Resolves xx. (1635) 73 Hee prodigals a Mine of Excellencie, that lavishes a terse Oration to an Apron'd Auditory. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. 33/1 A separatist, a blue-aproned man, that never knew any better school than his shop-board. 1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy 173 Leather-aproned smiths. a1916H. James Ivory Tower (1917) iii. i. 152 Only to collapse again like aproned puppets on removal of pressure from the squeak. 1922Joyce Ulysses 121 He walked on.., passing an old man, bowed, spectacled, aproned. |