/ ˌdʌŋgəˈriːz; NAmE / noun [ pl. ]
1.
( BrE ) ( NAmE over·alls , ˈbib overalls ) a piece of clothing that consists of trousers / pants with an extra piece of cloth covering the chest, held up by strips of cloth over the shoulders :
a pair of dungarees
His dungarees were covered in grease.
2.
( NAmE ) heavy cotton trousers / pants for working in
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent. (in sense 2): from Hindi duṅgrī .