apronlike

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English

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Etymology

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From apron +‎ -like.

Adjective

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apronlike (comparative more apronlike, superlative most apronlike)

  1. Resembling an apron.
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 15, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings[1], New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 80:
      I had buttoned up the collar [of the dress] and tied the belt, apronlike, in back.
    • 1992, Keith L Moore, Clinically oriented anatomy:
      As a result, the apronlike greater omentum is composed of four layers of peritoneum.

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