Dungarees

Definitions

Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.”

“Next came a domeshaped sukhpal (palanquin), its silver plated pole being borne by eight sturdy troopers wearing red flowing kurtas, silk kamarbunds, and silk dungarees.”

“I’d arrived at Heaven nightclub, underneath the Charing Cross railway arches, on a hot Sunday afternoon to find⟳ my friends had already gone in – you didn’t risk⟳ hanging back and missing your chance – so I joined the queue of kids dressed in the acid house uniform of Day-Glo dungarees and smiley T-shirts.”

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