English

Noun

dungaree ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)

1. (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.

2. (plural only) Pants or overalls made from such fabric.
3. 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.

Synonyms

• (heavy denim fabric): canvas, duck, denim

Derived terms

• dungarees

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• underage