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dungaree

[duhng-guh-ree]
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noun

dungarees,
  1. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim.
  2. blue jeans.
blue denim.

Origin of dungaree

First recorded in 1605–15, dungaree is from the Hindi word dungrī kind of coarse cloth
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Related Words for dungaree

pants, jeans, trousers, denims

Examples from the Web for dungaree

Historical Examples of dungaree

  • He was dressed in a pea-jacket and dungaree pants, but had no boots.

  • I refer, of course, to that bird which our shipmates denominate "dungaree chicken."

    In Eastern Seas

    J. J. Smith

  • Clad only in dungaree trousers and singlet, I go below, on watch.

    An Ocean Tramp

    William McFee

  • Dave Darrin quickly divested himself of his dungaree working clothes, then stripped entirely, going under a shower bath.

  • He quite forgot the fact that his dungaree jumper was wet with sweat, that his cap was already fouled with oil.

    The Shadow

    Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for dungaree

dungaree

noun

a coarse cotton fabric used chiefly for work clothes, etc
(plural)
  1. a suit of workman's overalls made of this material consisting of trousers with a bib attached
  2. a casual garment resembling this, usually worn by women or children
US trousers

Word Origin for dungaree

C17: from Hindi dungrī, after Dungrī, district of Mumbai, where this fabric originated
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Word Origin and History for dungaree

1610s, dongerijns, from Hindi dungri "coarse calico," from the name of a village, now one of the quarters of Bombay.

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