Which preposition to use with apron

of Occurrences 40%

"A few rods above the place in which my father washed his sheep, was an old dam, the apron of which remained, and beneath which was a basin some five or six feet in depth, and thirty or forty feet in diameter, filled of course with water.

over Occurrences 30%

Sometimes in the evening we would see one of the sisters, her black skirt tucked up and a blue apron over it, bringing the cows back to their stables.

on Occurrences 22%

"How does she come to be here with a cap and apron on to-night?" pursued Stoddard, with an edge to his tone which he could not wholly subdue.

with Occurrences 20%

"Well, she'll need suthin' to keep her strength up all the more now she ain't got nuthin' to support her;" and, gathering peas and pods into her apron with a mighty sweep of her arm, she marched into her kitchen in a fever of sympathetic indignation and evolved a dinner which was a masterpiece of culinary skill.

to Occurrences 13%

" Mrs. Watson sat down, dramatically, and applied her print apron to her eyesan occasion had come, and Mrs. Watson, true to tradition, would make the most of it.

in Occurrences 12%

" Catrina had swayed forward against the bar of the apron in a strange way, for the road was quite smooth.

for Occurrences 12%

"'I've spun a piece of hempen cloth, And I want to spin another; A little sheet for Mary's bed, And an apron for her mother.'

from Occurrences 8%

" She lifted the apron from her hem, her voice hurrying.

around Occurrences 4%

So she bound the apron around his head as well as she could, and then sat down a moment on a fallen tree trunk, to think what she should do next.

like Occurrences 4%

She was standing, pink of cheek and vague of eye, fingering her apron like a cottage child and nibbling at the corner of her envelope, the light from a window on the stairs falling on the jewel-like polish of her hair, when Girlie opened the door of the "parlor" and came out into the hall.

at Occurrences 3%

She had the little black apron at any rate.

into Occurrences 2%

Mrs. Paine, in her agitation, pleated her muslin apron into a fan.

about Occurrences 2%

Nor is their apparel more expensive; for, beyond the immediate vicinity of the town, and where all the plantations are situated, the children go about entirely naked, while the men wear nothing more than a small apron about a hand's-breadth wide, and fastened between the legs: the women are the only persons dressed with anything like propriety.

under Occurrences 2%

All of which was true, and quick-witted of Pamela; but Moppet could have explained the presence of the bits of bark, for, as it happened, the child had emptied her apron under the elm the day before, and the bark was some she had gathered in the orchard for the bits of fungus which, at night, were phosphorescent, and which Moppet called "fairy lamps.

between Occurrences 1%

"Do you think the sheriff will put us out?" asked Mrs. Dale, twisting a corner of her apron between her hands.

round Occurrences 1%

When I was a young one my ma would tie an apron round my neck, slap me down beside a tubful of clo'es, and tell me to fly to it.

through Occurrences 1%

True, no carriages and pairs, with powdered footmen, roll about the streets; and the most splendid vehicles you are likely to meet are American buggies four-wheeled gigs with heads, and aprons through which the reins can be passed in wet weather.

before Occurrences 1%

It is a good plan to try the heat of the iron on a coarse cloth or apron before ironing anything fine: there is then no danger of scorching.

as Occurrences 1%

He was the foreman, and labelled by his white apron as an artisan, but his gigantic bulkhe would have outweighed the pair of themand his age set him somehow over them, so that they were a couple of striplings in his vasty presence.

up Occurrences 1%

You were such a little thing, you stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes, with your sleeves rolled back and a big apron up to your neck, and you stopped in your work and looked at me and your eyes were so soft and sorry.

inside Occurrences 1%

If an owl screeches, turn the pocket of your apron inside out, tie a knot in your apron string, and he will stop.

Which preposition to use with  apron