dungarees

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiːz/

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dungarees pl (plural only, attributive dungaree)

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

   Synonym: (US, Canada) overalls

   Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.

   • 1976, Tapan Ghosh, The Adventures of Shivaji, page 140:

     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.

   • 2018 July 1, Sharon Walker, “Thirty years since the second summer of love”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

• Gendreaus, underages, ungreased