"dungarees"

[Mark Mandel]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
> For completion's sake, do you use "dungarees" also for this garment
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/xx-tweety-bird-xx/2969129824/ (independently
> of material), or do you call it "overalls", or something entirely
> different?

Overalls. I wouldn't call those dungarees at all. For me, dungarees is
synonymous with blue jeans. That is, trousers made of blue denim (and
with certain other characteristics, but for this question, those are
determinative).

m a m

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