dungaree

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiː/ (UK)

Definition of dungaree

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
    “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.”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
    “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.”
    “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.”
  2. (countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable)Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.
  3. (attributive, countable, form-of, uncountable)Attributive 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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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