单词 | dungaree |
释义 | dungareen.adj. A. n. 1. A coarse, hard-wearing cotton fabric, often blue in colour, and typically used to make work clothes (see sense A. 2); (later also) a heavy cotton fabric similar to this, esp. (North American) blue denim. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > calico > types of calico-lawn?1592 shamiana1609 dungaree1613 percaulah1614 muslin calico1705 Wigan1875 limbo1891 finishing cloth1892 1613 J. Saris in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. i. 363 The sorts requested, and prices that they yeelded..Dongerijus [a1643 Dongeryus], the finest, twelue. 1664 Cargo's Seven East-India Ships (single sheet) 16 bales Dungarees. 1719 S. Proctor East-India Sale 94 Dungarees with all Faults, 728 in 3 Lots. 1759 London Mag. 28 604 A sail-cloth called Dungaree. 1828 Sydney Gaz. 23 Jan. Clothed in dungaree. 1867 Newcastle Courant 4 Oct. 5/5 The cargo consists principally of bale goods, dungarees, calicoes and cottons. 1906 Royal Comm. Customs & Excise Tariffs: Minutes of Evid. (Parl. Commonw. Austral.) III. v. 1454/2 I understand that denim is a material which is largely taking the place of dungaree for overalls? 2012 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 1 May Clothes made of dungaree also tend to come in blue. 2. In plural. a. Trousers, overalls, or uniform worn by sailors, typically made of blue dungaree or denim; esp. the uniform of this type worn by the United States Navy between 1913 and 1999. ΚΠ 1856 C. Nordhoff Merchant Vessel xv. 182 Having filled his chest with the various flannels, dungarees, oilcloths, etc., needed, the balance he considers himself at liberty to use as inclination prompts him. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 40 He's got his dungarees on. 1913 Uniform Regulations U.S. Navy i. 17 Officers and crews of other torpedo vessels shall conform to the regulations for other types of vessels concerning wearing dungarees. 1969 P. Gallico Poseidon Adventure xxiv. 325 The body of a man in sailor's dungarees came up with it. 2016 www.navy.mil 3 June (accessed 17 Jan. 2018) As fondly as many senior enlisted Sailors remember the dungarees, the Navy has a history of changing to adapt to new environments. b. Hard-wearing trousers or overalls, originally made of dungaree and later typically of a similar heavy cotton material, such as denim, and often blue in colour; (in North American usage now usually) blue jeans worn for working; (later also more generally) jeans of any colour worn as a casual garment.The usual sense in U.S. use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material shiverines1663 nankeen1770 overall1782 corduroys1791 ducks1825 webs1825 kerseys1833 moleskin1836 cord1837 kerseymeres1840 blue jeans1842 grey1860 mole trousers1860 chaparreras1861 Bedford cord1862 velveteens1862 dungarees1872 moles1879 chaps1884 chaparejos1887 oiler1889 greyers1900 flannels1911 Levi's1926 denim1932 chino1943 wrangler1947 Bedfords1954 sweats1956 sweatpants1957 1872 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Austral.) 14 Oct. The prisoner had moleskin trousers on, with a pair of loose dungarees outside. 1916 Evening News (Sydney) 18 Nov. 3/5 (header) Wore khaki. Dislike his greasy dungarees. 1927 Amer. Mercury May 100/2 A frugal as well as religious man, he did not put on his finest raiment..but wore his dungarees. 1941 Amer. Boy Feb. 23/2 Their singlets and dungarees were always drenched with sweat. 1992 N.Y. Times 27 Feb. c7/1 Ralph Lauren dungarees are a perfect example: an upscale version of a lowscale jean trying to be upscale. 2012 E. Robuck Hemingway's Girl v. 53 He wore a white shirt tucked into blue dungarees. 3. In plural. Originally British. A type of overalls consisting of trousers with an extra piece of cloth covering the chest, held in place by a strap over each shoulder; (later also frequently) a casual garment resembling this, usually made from denim, corduroy, or heavy cotton, and typically worn by women or children.The usual sense in British use and in most varieties of English close to British English. In North America known typically as bib overalls or overalls, and in Australia as overalls. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > overall > types of sliver1847 crawler1891 paddlers1928 dungarees1930 1930 Times 22 Sept. 9/2 A novelty is a cocktail suit all in one piece like dungarees, which slips on easily. 1933 ‘E. Cambridge’ Hostages to Fortune iii. v. 170 They were all young, all strong..brawny fellows in stained dungarees, with tarry hands and sunburned necks..loud, jovial, and friendly. 1953 Sunday Post 2 Aug. in Broons & Oor Wullie Fabulous Fifties (1998) 54 (caption) My luck's in—here's a mob o' wee kids in dungarees. 1970 Guardian 15 Dec. 9/3 It can mean just tee-shirts with dungarees or jeans..which is all you need in a chalet or young people's hostel. 1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul iii. 77 We..sat down and counted the takings I had stuffed into the front pocket of my dungarees. 2000 M. Keyes Sushi for Beginners (2001) xviii. 149 ‘Oh look at those little dungarees!’ Clodagh declared, diving in off the street to a chi-chi children's shop. B. adj. Made of dungaree or a similar heavy cotton material, now typically blue denim. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > other fustian1537 calico1612 Surat1643 corduroy1789 velveteen1824 blue jean1826 dungaree1836 blue jeans1871 percale1880 Aertex1896 1836 N. Isaacs Trav. E. Afr. I. ii. 22 A Hottentot woman, in a dungaree petticoat. 1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise III. xxxiii. 103 Clad in shirts and duck or dungaree breeches. 1965 Mass. Rev. 6 481 Camera slung over his shoulder, dungaree shirt. 2010 H. T. Bradford Tales from London's Docklands ix Flash was so indescribably skinny one wondered how he ever managed to get a pair of dungaree trousers to fit him. Compounds dungaree settler n. Australian colloquial (now historical) a poor settler, or one of low social status.With reference to the typical clothing of such settlers, who commonly wore garments made of dungaree (see quot. 1826). ΚΠ 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales iii. 29 The early Settlers, and the lower order of the present—what are technically termed in the Colony Dungaree Settlers, from a coarse cotton manufacture of India which forms their usual clothing. 1864 Brisbane Courier 13 Dec. New South Wales, where the name and style of the ‘dungaree settler’ still lives. 1901 Lithgow (Austral.) Mercury 19 Mar. 1/1 During the forties the colonials were divided (by name) into the following classes:—Settlers, squatters, cockatoos or dungaree settlers, and stringybarkers. 1986 R. Hughes Fatal Shore (1988) ix. 286 Because it favored standardized work..assignment worked better for the large farmer than for the dirt-farming ‘dungaree settler’. Derivatives dungaˈreed adj. wearing dungarees. ΚΠ 1901 Quiz (Adelaide) 7 Feb. 11/1 A dungareed young gentleman enquired if I was coming in. 1986 Punch 25 June 57/3 Several remonstrations—including one from a powerfully built dungareed middle-aged lesbian. 2004 J. Myerson Home (2005) i. 11 I have a photo of Jake aged two on that exact same piece of ground—blond and dimpled and dungareed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1613 |
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