overalls
English
A denim pair of overalls
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ovəɹˈɑlz/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
overalls pl (plural only)
- (not US or Canada) Loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.
- (US, Canada) Loose fitting pair of pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
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Synonyms
- (loose-fitting protective garment): boiler suit (UK), coveralls (US, Canada)
- (pants with bib): dungarees (UK); overall
Derived terms
Translations
loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them
loose fitting pair of pants with a bib
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