Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.
- noun plural Waterproof leggings.
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- noun Plural form of
overall . - noun
Loose fittinggarment worn over regular clothes to protect them. - noun US, Canada Loose fitting pair of
pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in thechest (called abib ), often associated with farm work.
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Examples
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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It was a pallid-eyed youth of eighteen in overalls who received Michael, receipted for him to the expressman, and carried his crate into a slope-floored concrete room that smelled offensively and chemically clean.
CHAPTER XXIV 2010
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Watching Stephen King in overalls chugging a near vertical bottle of hooch is so lol-worthy you will pause and re-wind, I guarantee.
TEN of TERROR #3: Creepshow « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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After a very long wait two blokes in overalls turned up and stared at the water falling from above.
You Heard It Here First (Bulbgate) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Manning the Democratic Party table at the Arkansas State Fair, he calls out to men in overalls and cowboy hats, to women pushing strollers.
As midterm nears, Democratic activist sees fewer friendly faces in Arkansas Sandhya Somashekhar 2010
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First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's 'Attack Ad' vs. Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
chained_bear commented on the word overalls
Captured at Yorktown, 170 "linen overalls," which were actually full trousers (not breeches), used as work clothing, and not what we think of today as overalls.
October 29, 2007