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  2. Pinafore - Wikipedia

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    Girl wearing pinafore, Denver, Colorado, circa 1910 Two girls wearing pinafores, Ireland, circa 1903 Candy stripers in training in Tallahassee, 1957. A pinafore / ˈ p ɪ n ə f ɔːr / (colloquially a pinny / ˈ p ɪ n i / in British English) is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. [1] Pinafores may be worn as a decorative garment or as a ...

  3. H.M.S. Pinafore - Wikipedia

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    Theatre poster, 1879. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert.It opened at the Opera Comique in London on 25 May 1878, and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time.

  4. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    Pinafore, pinny, pinafore dress [5] Jumper, jumper dress, dress Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6] Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear Gilet, body warmer [7] Vest, puffer vest [7] [8] Sleeveless garment used as outerwear Waistcoat [9] Vest, [8] tailored vest Sleeveless garment used as underwear ...

  5. Pinafore (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A pinafore is a sleeveless garment worn as an apron. Pinafore may also refer to: Pinafore dress, sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt or sweater; Pinaforing, forced cross-dressing for erotic purposes; H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan opera; USS Pinafore (SP-450), United States Navy launch in commission from ...

  6. Jumper (dress) - Wikipedia

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    A jumper (in American English), jumper dress, or pinafore dress [1] [2] is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt, T-shirt or sweater. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Hemlines can be of different lengths and the type of collar and whether or not there is pleating are also variables in the design.

  7. Gilbert and Sullivan - Wikipedia

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    The libretto of H.M.S. Pinafore relied on stock character types, many of which were familiar from European opera (and some of which grew out of Gilbert's earlier association with the German Reeds): the heroic protagonist and his love-interest ; the older woman with a secret or a sharp tongue ; the baffled lyric baritone – the girl's father ...

  8. Gymslip - Wikipedia

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    The term "gymslip" primarily refers to the school uniform; otherwise the term pinafore dress (British English) or jumper dress (American English) is usually preferred. The introduction of the gymslip as female athletic wear is credited to Mary Tait, a student of Martina Bergman-Österberg, a pioneer of women's physical education in Britain. [1]

  9. Petticoating - Wikipedia

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    Man seeking humiliation while dressed in girls' clothes. Petticoating or pinaforing is a type of forced feminization that involves dressing a man or boy in girls' clothing as a form of humiliation or punishment, or as a fetish.