Overalls

Word OVERALLS
Character 8
Hyphenation o ver alls
Pronunciations /ˈɐʉv(ə)ɹəlz/

Definitions and meanings of "Overalls"

What do we mean by overalls?

A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.

(in the plural) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.

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The word "overalls" in example sentences

First up: a working man in overalls, sitting on a bench eating an apple. ❋ Greg Mitchell (2010)

Used in overalls and jeans everywhere today, it was first developed in the sixteenth century Genoa by a French family who came from the city of Nimes, where in English “de Nimes” became “denim” and “Blue Genes” became “blue jeans”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Watching Stephen King in overalls chugging a near vertical bottle of hooch is so lol-worthy you will pause and re-wind, I guarantee. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After a very long wait two blokes in overalls turned up and stared at the water falling from above. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Manning the Democratic Party table at the Arkansas State Fair, he calls out to men in overalls and cowboy hats, to women pushing strollers. ❋ Sandhya Somashekhar (2010)

For instance, a “farmhand” in overalls and a straw hat passed by on a unicycle, wanting to know whether I was going to the sack races. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For most Mexicans, the Mennonites are tall, light-skinned people, dressed in overalls, who produce their famous cheese. ❋ Unknown (2007)

An absolutely enormous man in overalls came out of the shadows to meet us. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

Another white man in blue clothes that I think you call overalls, he was tying a gate closed with bright orange rope. ❋ Chris Cleave (2008)

My great-grandfather made the other girls wear skirts or dresses, but my grandmother was generally in overalls with a very short hair cut. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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