dungarees

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Then he got into his engineer's--dungarees, touched up his face and hands to the required griminess, and sallied forth Luck attended him until he reached the last morning newspaper on the list.

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  • In a small room in the back were some white men in jeans, dungarees, work shirts. —  The Cold Moon
  • Even worse, most of the warmth seemed to be centered at the juncture of her thighs, where the faded V of Justin's dungarees was pressed with alarming intimacy. —  Teresa Medeiros - Once An Angel
  • It wasn't that his master required any assistance wiggling into his dungarees, but a proper valet should always rise first He balled his hands and stretched, shading his tender eyes against the sunlight. —  Teresa Medeiros - Once An Angel
  • He wore dungarees, a faded plaid shirt, and heavy-duty work shoes. —  Fatal Cure by Leonard Goldberg
  • The attendant was a black man in gray dungarees, small and hard, as if kiln-dried in the line of duty. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 06 - December 1994
 

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