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Definition of Aprons
1. apron [v] - See also: apron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aprons
Literary usage of Aprons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Heroes, Hero-worship, & the Heroic in History: Six Lectures ; Reported by Thomas Carlyle (1846)
"aprons. ONE of the most unsatisfactory Sections in the whole Volume is that on
aprons. ... aprons are Defences ; against injury to cleanliness, to safety, ..."
2. Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (1896)
"aprons. ONE of the most unsatisfactory Sections in the whole Volume is that on
aprons. What though stout old Gao, 5 the Persian Blacksmith,'whose apron, ..."
3. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1896)
"Under similar conditions aprons are employed in all countries. ... Weir aprons.—Where
the foundation of the weir is of some unstable material, as earth, ..."
4. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1898)
"12 nurses' aprons. Michigan Ann Arbor Chapter, DAR, Ann Arbor. ... 24 nurses'
aprons. Nebraska Sanitary Aid Society and George Crook Relief Corps, No. ..."
5. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Acts of the Apostles Designed for by Albert Barnes (1852)
"We are not to suppose that there was any efficacy in the aprons thus brought,
... The bearing of these aprons to the sick was, therefore, a mere sign, ..."
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