dungaree

plural dungarees · alternative obsolete dungari · alternative obsolete dungeree

1. uncountableHeavy 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.

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   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.

   1833, W. F. W. Owen, Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, volume 1, page 76

   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.

   2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 1, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, pages 12–13

   Synonyms: canvas, duck, denim

2. countablepluralplural onlyuncountableTrousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
3. attributivecountableuncountableAttributive form of dungarees.

   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.

   1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!