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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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
He drew close enough to watch the men go off to their work and the women move, sunbonneted, about the yard.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
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
Thus they defile: men with felt hats drawn over their brows; women, sunbonneted or hatless; children barefoot, bareheaded, ragged, unwashed.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst
He glanced up the road to a sunbonneted figure blurred in the glare, and sniffed amiably.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
