dungarees

Definition

Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.

Etymology

From dungaree + -s, from Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.

Example Sentences

• "Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school."
• "Next came a domeshaped sukhpal (palanquin), its silver plated pole being borne by eight sturdy troopers wearing red flowing kurtas, silk kamarbunds, and silk dungarees."
• "I’d arrived at Heaven nightclub, underneath the Charing Cross railway arches, on a hot Sunday afternoon to find my friends had already gone in – you didn’t risk hanging back and missing your chance – so I joined the queue of kids dressed in the acid house uniform of Day-Glo dungarees and smiley T-shirts."