chequer-brat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete) A kind of crossbarred pinafore.
They wear paper-caps and white aprons with “bibs” to them, or a sort of cross-barred pinafore, called in the manufacturing districts a “chequer-brat.”
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chequer-brats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |