dungaree
Collocations
4ADJ.
blue, heavy, red-and-black
VERB + DUNGAREE
check, taken
DUNGAREE + NOUN
pocket, trousers
PREP.
from, from
Definitions
noun
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.
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Synonyms
noun — a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
- denim
- jean
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3This 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.
Wiktionary1893, 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.
WiktionaryMeanwhile, Macpherson stood just outside the door, holding a cold chisel which he had taken from a dungaree pocket […] and there Mr. Willison found him.
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