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dungaree

WordNet
  1. (n) dungaree
    a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Dungaree
    A coarse kind of unbleached cotton fabric; blue denim.
  2. Dungaree
    Same as blue jeans.
  3. Dungaree
    Trousers, overalls or similar work clothes made of blue denim.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) dungaree
    A coarse cotton stuff, generally blue, worn by sailors.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Dungaree
    dung′ga-ri a coarse Indian calico:
  2. Dungaree
    Also Dung′eree
  3. (n) Dungaree
    dung′ga-ri (pl.) trousers of such
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Hindi.

Usage in the news

Dungarees, clogs, printed windbreakers: Designer Kinder Aggugini says his spring collection is inspired by fishermen, though the clothes are much more suitable for glamorous sailing than your average fishing trip. the-daily-record.com

Dungarees.net increased e-mail click-through rates with personalized messages. internetretailer.com

From spandex jeggings to chambray slacks to rustic dungarees – which offers the best butt for your buck. ebony.com

Usage in literature

Johnson was in the waist, in a red shirt and dungaree trousers, his eye kindled with activity. "The Wrecker" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne

Take your extra shirts and dungarees along. "Adventure" by Jack London

Then Mr Hay takes your friend in the blue dungaree. "The Ebb-Tide A Trio And Quartette" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne

Ralph stood at the wheel shivering, clad in a suit of dungarees. "The Shellback's Progress" by Walter Runciman

He was activating the screen when Jennifer, in a magnificent rage in spite of soaked blouse and dungarees, advanced on him. "Traders Risk" by Roger Dee

He was dressed in a pea-jacket and dungaree pants, but had no boots. "Rídan The Devil And Other Stories" by Louis Becke

Ramos' bubb was spinning once more, but he was wearing just dungarees. "The Planet Strappers" by Raymond Zinke Gallun

He was dressed filthily in a pair of ragged dungarees, and the upper part of his body was naked. "The Trembling of a Leaf" by William Somerset Maugham

The boys changed into rough shirts and dungarees. "A Yankee Flier Over Berlin" by Al Avery

Clad only in dungaree trousers and singlet, I go below, on watch. "An Ocean Tramp" by William McFee

Usage in poetry
" For I soaked my sea-boots and my dungarees
—Ah-way O, to me O—
In the good salt water that the Lord don't freeze "—
Oh sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
"The Big Black Trawler" by Alfred Noyes
And there'd be some with pigtails, and some with buckled shoes,
And smocks and caps like pirates that sailors once did use,
And high sea-boots and oilskins and tarry dungaree,
And shoddy suits men sold them when they came fresh from sea.
"Ghosts In Deptford" by Cicely Fox Smith