Definition of pinny in English:

pinny

nounPlural pinnies ˈpɪni

British informal

A pinafore.
Example sentencesExamples
- She may find herself torn between donning a pinny to serve spaghetti hoops or acquiring a big hat for the winner's enclosure at Newmarket.
- This is where I don my pinny and nurture you into cooking heaven.
- This beautiful, green-eyed film star with the perfect cheekbones might seem more obviously at home in a ballgown in some 1940s Hollywood melodrama or film noir than in a pinny in a school in northern Scotland.
- For Donna, kitchen dress is a white shirt under her pinny.
- Men will once more be donning their pinnies in the kitchen when they are challenged to bake cakes in the cake baking category.
- So on went the pinny, up rolled the sleeves and out came the ingredients.
- He made a noise of what I took to be assent, muffled as it was by the furious flapping of his frilly pinny over the shrieking smoke alarm.
- Pulling off my dirty pinny and revealing my clean black uniform underneath I hurried out of the house and around to the back door of the Thornton's house.
- This is Heartbeat meets The Royal meets Where the Heart Is, set in the quaint 1950s Northern Englandshire of classic motorbikes ridden by be-goggled simpletons with wholesome wives dressed in floral pinnies.
- The two waitresses were very sweet, though, and wore nice little pinnies of the old school.
- There was a time when a ‘no frills’ hotel meant a back street B & B with a landlady in a pinny and a communal bathroom on every floor.
- The waitresses wore black frocks and white pinnies.
- Once you've got kids you can't really expect your girlfriend to cook dinner in nothing but a pinny and fluffy slippers.
- Men once more donned their pinnies in the kitchen when 15 of them were challenged to make Victoria sponges in the cake baking category.
- In a brilliant new column, our man in the pinny reveals how he uses food to seduce and manipulate friends and loved ones
- Come on, try and imagine me, Mike Da Hat, rock star, wearing white kid gloves and a pinny.
- Her hair was done up in a permanent iron-hard ball, lanced through with a pair of chopsticks, and the rest of her appeared to be little more than a full-body pinny, with a floral pattern upon it.
- It was at this point that a woman in a hessian pinny and a tape measure thrown round her neck walked in holding two hefty period garments.
- They use married names, organise meals, teas and tombolas, bake cakes and wear pinnies.
- There I am with my pinny on, in front of the stove, cooking up a lovely supper for 141 of the neighbours I have invited around from the Helensville electorate for a quick dinner.
Synonyms
pinafore, overall

Origin

Mid 19th century: abbreviation.

Rhymes

blini, cine, Finney, finny, Ginny, guinea, hinny, mini, Minnie, ninny, Pliny, shinny, skinny, spinney, tinny, whinny

单词	pinny
释义	Definition of pinny in English: pinny nounPlural pinnies ˈpɪni British informal A pinafore. Example sentencesExamples She may find herself torn between donning a pinny to serve spaghetti hoops or acquiring a big hat for the winner's enclosure at Newmarket. This is where I don my pinny and nurture you into cooking heaven. This beautiful, green-eyed film star with the perfect cheekbones might seem more obviously at home in a ballgown in some 1940s Hollywood melodrama or film noir than in a pinny in a school in northern Scotland. For Donna, kitchen dress is a white shirt under her pinny. Men will once more be donning their pinnies in the kitchen when they are challenged to bake cakes in the cake baking category. So on went the pinny, up rolled the sleeves and out came the ingredients. He made a noise of what I took to be assent, muffled as it was by the furious flapping of his frilly pinny over the shrieking smoke alarm. Pulling off my dirty pinny and revealing my clean black uniform underneath I hurried out of the house and around to the back door of the Thornton's house. This is Heartbeat meets The Royal meets Where the Heart Is, set in the quaint 1950s Northern Englandshire of classic motorbikes ridden by be-goggled simpletons with wholesome wives dressed in floral pinnies. The two waitresses were very sweet, though, and wore nice little pinnies of the old school. There was a time when a ‘no frills’ hotel meant a back street B & B with a landlady in a pinny and a communal bathroom on every floor. The waitresses wore black frocks and white pinnies. Once you've got kids you can't really expect your girlfriend to cook dinner in nothing but a pinny and fluffy slippers. Men once more donned their pinnies in the kitchen when 15 of them were challenged to make Victoria sponges in the cake baking category. In a brilliant new column, our man in the pinny reveals how he uses food to seduce and manipulate friends and loved ones Come on, try and imagine me, Mike Da Hat, rock star, wearing white kid gloves and a pinny. Her hair was done up in a permanent iron-hard ball, lanced through with a pair of chopsticks, and the rest of her appeared to be little more than a full-body pinny, with a floral pattern upon it. It was at this point that a woman in a hessian pinny and a tape measure thrown round her neck walked in holding two hefty period garments. They use married names, organise meals, teas and tombolas, bake cakes and wear pinnies. There I am with my pinny on, in front of the stove, cooking up a lovely supper for 141 of the neighbours I have invited around from the Helensville electorate for a quick dinner. Synonyms pinafore, overall Origin Mid 19th century: abbreviation. Rhymes blini, cine, Finney, finny, Ginny, guinea, hinny, mini, Minnie, ninny, Pliny, shinny, skinny, spinney, tinny, whinny
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