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dungaree

noun

  1. twill fabric used for overalls
  2. clothes made usually of blue denim
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiː/

noun

Etymology: From Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.

  1. Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.

    This fellow was in the native costume, which is literally worse than nothing, consisting only of a straw tube, about a foot long, with a shred of blue dungaree hanging from its upper end.

    1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The "Gloria Scott" He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.

  2. Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
  3. Attributive form of dungarees.

    Meanwhile, Macpherson stood just outside the door, holding a cold chisel which he had taken from a dungaree pocket […] and there Mr. Willison found him.