Meaning of unionall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A one-piece garment that is used as work clothes or as a uniform.
   plural-normally
2. A clear vinyl onesie used to prevent leakage from a corpse from soiling the body's clothes or casket lining.

Examples

“Frowning thought held him a moment; then he clawed beneath his unionall.”

“The girls in the baseball team were all dressed in unionalls.”

“It may be that Overall and Unionall buttons are not remarkable for their beauty of design, nor yet for their technical excellence;”

“Very few patients had underwear in the summer, and those who wore unionalls never had underwear.”

“I wish Bessie and T.B. had sent something for this boy to wear besides these unionalls.”

“Put on your long socks, Sissy, and you both can wear your striped unionalls too.”

“These garments became so fashionable that the sleekest of boudoir decorators ordered himself silk pajamas the colour and cut of unionalls and jumpers.”

“She arrived wearing a GI wool cap and OD unionalls.”

“If general edema, tissue decomposition or extensive burns are present, a unionall may be necessary to protect the clothing once the body is dressed.”

“In cases of extensive trauma, trying to fill a body with embalming fluid is like trying to fill a sieve or a sponge. To help lessen the leakage, the funeral home had zipped the body inside a “Unionall,” a leak-resistant jumpsuit, before dressing the Bopper in his funeral suit.”

“Some of the very nervous (or careful) in my profession use shrink wrap, heating it up with a hairdryer to seal it, then put the unionall garment over the top of the shrink wrap.”

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