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English
Etymology
From Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.
Pronunciation
Noun
dungaree (countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)
- (uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
1833, W. F. W. Owen, Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, volume 1, page 76: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.
- 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.
- (plural only) Trousers or 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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heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material
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