n. A piece of cloth worn in front to keep the clothes from soiling the hands.
She wore an apron ('tis a thing I loathe),
A dress beneath—a corset á la mode.
No further seek her merits to disclothe,
Nor draw her frailties from their dread abode.
—Gray
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
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