There are different references to dungarees, but the most common is to blue jean type dungarees, and it is that which I speak of here.
Dungarees (blue denim pants) originally started out when Levi Strauss, who decided to make his fortune by heading to San Francisco upon hearing of the California Gold Rush, supplying the miners as a dry goods merchant (where the real money is in any treasure hunt) rather than by mining himself. His family having a business in New York, he became the family's west coast representative.
Noting that the miners' constantly complained about how their pants pockets would rip when heavily laden with gold or anything else heavy, Strauss came up with the idea of using sail canvas for pants material, and used copper rivets to reinforce the pocket corners and the base of fly. After using all of his original canvas material, he switched to a heavy material called Serge, made in Nimes, France. "Serge de Nimes" (Serge from Nimes) was shortened to "denim".
His pants became extremely popular among the miners, and eventually he teamed with his brother-in-law to patent the riveted denim pants design (known then and today as "501" jeans), and they are still made with rivets today. Although there are many different styles, manufacturers and copies, it was Strauss who got the ball rolling and popularized blue denim pants.
The term dungarees is most often used to describe Navy working uniforms, both blue denim bell bottom pants, and the blue denim shirts. Bell Bottoms allowed for more air to be held in sailors' pants when tied off at the bottom of each pant leg and pulled over the head swiftly to catch air, becoming a flotation device in the event a sailor had to abandon ship. The practice is still taught in Navy boot camp.
The word dungarees come from the Hindi (Indian) word dungri
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The word dungarees come from the Hindi (Indian) word dungri
The word dungarees come from the Hindi (Indian) word dungri
When were dungarees invented?
Dungarees is synonymous with the word pants. These can be used interchangeably.I.E.I stained my dungarees with watermelon juice yesterday.I like the pale blue dungarees.Thanks to you I have a hole in my dungarees.
"Oh, no! My blue dungarees are all worn out!"Hope this helps!
Dungarees are called 'une salopette' (fem.) in French.
Dungarees can be defined as blue jeans or denim. There are a wide variety of clothing companies that manufacture blue jeans. Lee Dungarees, not so coincidentally, is one of them.
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Dungarees.
jeans, trousers
They have been popular for many years - and they still are. Except today, they are not called "dungarees" any more. They are called "jeans".
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