Meaning of Dungaree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
   uncountable
2. Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
   countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
3. Attributive form of dungarees.
   attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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