sunbonnet
noun
a bonnet with a large brim shading the face and sometimes a piece projecting over the neck, worn by women and children.
sunbonneted
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a word derived from
sunbonnet.
Example Sentences
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As day breaks we catch a glimpse of a sunbonneted mother and her three little kiddies.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
With my parasol I indicated the other figure, sunbonneted, motionless, gazing on us through the brush.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
She crept into bed and pulled the clothes over her sunbonneted head.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
“Well, I declare, Mary Marsden!” gasped the sunbonneted woman, who was plainly Abby Drake.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Alice B. Emerson
Beyond this opening, and at some little distance, he saw a sunbonneted woman of a plump and comfortable presence.
From The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester
