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dungeree

dungeree is the obsolete spelling of dungaree.

Meaning of dungaree

Noun

dungaree (countable and uncountable, plural dungarees)

  1. (uncountable) Heavy denim fabric, often blue; blue jean material.
    • This fellow was in the native costume, which is literally worse than nothing, consisting only of a straw tube, about a foot long, with a shred of blue dungaree hanging from its upper end.1833, W. F. W. Owen, Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, volume 1, page 76
    Synonyms:
    canvas, duck, denim
  2. (plural, plural-only) Trousers or pants or overalls made from such fabric.

Proper noun capitalized: Dungeree

Dungeree

  1. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of dungeree

pluraldungerees

Questions about dungeree

What does dungeree mean?
Dungeree means a locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
What is dungeree the obsolete spelling of?
Dungeree is the obsolete spelling of dungaree.
What part of speech is dungeree?
Dungeree is a proper noun.

Words near dungeree in the dictionary

  1. Dungeons and Dragoner
  2. Dungeons and Dragoners
  3. Dungeons and Dragons
  4. dungeony
  5. dunger
  6. dungeree
  7. dungerees
  8. dungers
  9. Dungey
  10. Dungeys
  11. dungflies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dungeree (page history and authors); Dungeree (page history and authors); dungaree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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