Dungaree
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material. uncountable
"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."
- 2 a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric wordnet
- 3 Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric. countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
- 4 Attributive form of dungarees. attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"An instant afterwards there appeared a little wizened fellow with a cringing manner and a shambling style of walking. 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."
Etymology
From Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.
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