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pinny

/ ˈpɪnɪ /

noun

  1. a child's or informal name for pinafore


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Oh, dear, I must have looked a sight, with my hand rolled up in my pinny and my hair sticking out.

"Pinny" especially seemed to enter into his father's schemes to move Shackelford's sympathy with the greatest success.

Pinny has gone back to his military school, and is doing very well.

Pinny comes home next Monday for a fortnight's vacation, and we shall be glad to see him.

Their master takes a rope a few feet long, and ties one end around Pinny's neck, and the other around Tip's.

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