dungaree

English

Alternative forms

• dungari (dated)
• dungeree (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

dungaree (countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)

1. (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.

2. (plural only) Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
3. attributive form of dungarees
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• (heavy denim fabric): canvas, duck, denim

Derived terms

• dungareed
• dungarees

 

Translations

heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material

• Bulgarian: дънков плат (dǎnkov plat)
• Dutch: overall (nl), werkpak (nl)
• Finnish: denim (fi), farkkukangas (fi)
• German: Kattun m
• Hindi: डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī)
• Maori: tāngari

Anagrams

• Gendreau, renagued, unagreed, underage, ungeared