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dungaree

[ duhng-guh-ree ]

noun

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


dungaree

/ ˌdʌŋɡəˈriː /

noun

  1. a coarse cotton fabric used chiefly for work clothes, etc
  2. 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
  3. trousers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dungaree1

First recorded in 1605–15, dungaree is from the Hindi word dungrī kind of coarse cloth
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dungaree1

C17: from Hindi dungrī, after Dungrī, district of Mumbai, where this fabric originated
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Example Sentences

This was long before Levi Strauss started making dungarees — some 3,000 years earlier.

He is an old, grizzled man dressed in dungaree pants, a sweater, and a woolen cap with ear flaps.

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

He was a dungaree-clad greaser in an engine-room, and he was promptly ordered back with the rest of his crew.

She was clad in a blue dungaree habit and straw sun-hat, and he marveled at the ravishing picture she made.

Tresler drew a step nearer, and stood so close to her that her dungaree skirt was almost touching him.

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