dungaree
English
Etymology
From Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
dungaree (countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)
- (uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
- 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.
- 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The "Gloria Scott"
- (plural only) Pants or overalls made from such fabric.
- attributive form of dungarees
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:
- 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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Synonyms
- (heavy denim fabric): canvas, duck, denim
Derived terms
- dungarees
Translations
heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material
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Anagrams
- Gendreau, unagreed, underage, ungeared