bonnet
noun
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
bonnetless
-
a word derived from
bonnet.
Example Sentences
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Presently, however, the illusion took wing and here he was, Jake the Yankee, with this bonnetless, wigged, dowdyish little greenhorn by his side!
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Abraham Cahan
Then she had run home for her mother, who had in turn sought Lawyer Lang, panting bonnetless down the road.
From Evelina's Garden by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
"There comes somebody," said Rufe, as a girl of twelve years, barefoot, bonnetless, wild with fright, came running up the road.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
With her was Andra Kissock, a bare-legged, bonnetless squire of dames.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The bonnetless woman nodded a pleasant acknowledgment, and coquettishly wound the vine in her glossy hair.
From A Waif of the Plains by Bret Harte
