dungarees

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiːz/ (UK)

Definition of dungarees

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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