Dungaree

Quick meaning: Dungaree is a noun meaning (uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.

Meaning

(uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.

More Meanings

1. (plural only) Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
2. Attributive form of dungarees.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebred dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.

Word Forms

• dungarees
• dungari
• dungeree

Synonyms for dungaree

Depending on context, synonyms include canvas, duck, denim, jean.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jean, denim, dungeree, dungari, dungary, dunger.

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