dungarees

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The troopers were in campaign order, with rifled carbines slung over their backs, pugarees hanging from their shakoes over their necks, and were dust-covered and sunburnt, but soldierly.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus

We were guided to the Bazaar, and introduced to several hotels by some five score natives, whose numbers increased as we proceeded, and were augmented by numerous sellers of sun toppee, pugarees, etc.

From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Booth, Robert B.

The tourists, for their part, wear detective cameras and ready-made ties if they are Americans, and white helmets and pugarees floating over their necks and white umbrellas if they are English.

From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding

So the pair in the pugarees walked one at either stirrup of their crooked chief, leaving the two horses tethered to a tree, until of a sudden the whole party halted as one.

From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Looking at its white paint and sun-blinds one thinks vaguely of pugarees and even of palm trees.

From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)