dungarees
noun/ˌdʌŋɡəˈriːz/
/ˌdʌŋɡəˈriːz/
[plural]- (British English) (North American English overalls, bib overalls)a piece of clothing that consists of trousers with an extra piece of cloth covering the chest, held up by long narrow pieces of cloth over the shoulders
- a pair of dungarees
- His dungarees were covered in grease.
- (North American English) heavy cotton trousers for working in
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in sense (2)): from Hindi duṅgrī.
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