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Meanings of clean apron in English

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Usage of clean apron in English
1
Hearing them now, Tildy reached hastily for her clean apron and hurried up-stairs.
Miss Gibbie Gault
2
And over the skirt she put a new, clean apron.
The Dutch Twins
3
Mrs. Budge, as she hunted out a clean apron, grumbled at the unusual summons.
Red-Robin
4
He brushed his long-fingered hands over the clean apron and full-length sleeves he wore.
The Wise Man’s Fear
5
She has a nearly clean apron, and the shoddy coat has been tidied a little.
Pygmalion
6
Thinking it over, she could not recall ever having seen Lizzie with a clean apron.
Lydia of the Pines
7
At the door of the little house stood Anne in a white cap and clean apron.
The Case of Richard Meynell
8
At the right time she laid aside her hoe, tied on a clean apron, and said:
Toni, the Little Woodcarver
9
She took off her hooded cloak, put on a clean apron and turned up her sleeves.
The Path of Life
10
He added, patronizingly, "If you put on a clean apron, you'll look quite nice."
What Timmy Did
11
The maid, having attired herself in a clean apron and a crooked cap, stood in the doorway.
One Man in His Time
12
The door was opened by a woman wearing a clean apron upon a not very clean gown.
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
13
You've got to have on your clean apron, and have your hair brushed and your face washed.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
14
Oh, dear, it was a clean apron!
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
15
It doesn't seem to be broken; he touches it, speculatively, and Kat says, careful, this is a clean apron.
Wolf hall
16
Before milking, the udders are carefully brushed and washed, and the milker covers himself entirely with a clean apron.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
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