dungaree

[duhng-guh-ree]

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noun

dungarees,

work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim.
blue jeans.

blue denim.

RELATED WORDS

pants, jeans, trousers, denims

Nearby words

Origin of dungaree

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

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Examples from the Web for dungarees

Tom Sykes examines the evidence: a pair of Doc Martens, some Dungarees, and that infamous scrunchie.
Dissecting Cressida Bonas's Style: How Prince Harry's Girl Dresses|Tom Sykes|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hard to get more can-do blue collar than a steel-town mayor in dungarees.
The Mayors Who Can Revive America|Tina Brown|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Mitch Storey was there in a moment—dressed in dungarees and work shirt like he used to be, but taller, even leaner, and unsmiling.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun
"We want to borrow some clothes; dungarees, overalls, anything you've got," said Kit.
Kit Musgrave's Luck|Harold Bindloss

He was dressed in an old plaid shirt and dungarees and his blond hair wasn't many shades removed from my own straw thatch.
Prelude to Space|Robert W. Haseltine
Durned if I don't feel like jumpin' into a suit of dungarees an' helpin' him out in that engine room, Gib.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne
He drew a fountain-pen from a pocket beneath his dungarees and the girl found a piece of paper in one of the table drawers.
Captain Calamity|Rolf Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for dungarees

dungaree

noun

a coarse cotton fabric used chiefly for work clothes, etc

(plural)

a suit of workman's overalls made of this material consisting of trousers with a bib attached
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 dungarees

dungarees

trousers made of dungaree, 1868.

dungaree

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