boiler suit

or boil·er·suit


nounChiefly British.

Origin of boiler suit

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby boiler suit

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How to use boiler suit in a sentence

  • The chief lent me a boiler suit, for which I was insufficient, and added an old macintosh presently.

    The Bonadventure | Edmund Blunden
  • I was again dressed up in a borrowed boiler suit for the duties of tallyman.

    The Bonadventure | Edmund Blunden

British Dictionary definitions for boiler suit

boiler suit

noun
  1. British a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them

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