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Word: aproned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Curtis Wilbur, wife of the new Navy Secretary: "Arrived at Washington, I said to newspaper men: 'I want to do the cooking. I love to cook. My children say I am always in the apron. I am afraid I shall have a lot of social duties which I don't like much. I don't want servants. around. They are too much trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Apr. 7, 1924 | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

...plot revives the Wars of the Roses. Rose Coe and Rose Helen Trot are at odds over Tony Mason. When Fay Bainter (Rose Coe) appears in the first act in a blue and white checked gingham apron you could be morally sure she was going to win, even if her name hadn't been up in the lights outside. Henry Hull plays Tony and Carlotta Monterey the losing Rose. With such a group there really was no need for a plot; accordingly they all sit about the exquisite Belasco settings (Maine coast in summer) and simply spend three acts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Dec. 31, 1923 | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...vaudeville interests have transformed the auditorium. They have eliminated the bulging stage apron and the billowing semicircle of curtain; they have cut the huge stage in half; they have added hundreds of seats. The Hippodrome is now the biggest theatre in the world with a capacity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Dec. 31, 1923 | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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