waist overalls

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

waist +‎ overalls. From being waist-length overalls, without the upper bib portion. Coined by Levi Strauss Co. when the first denim blue jeans pants were marketed in 1873.

Noun[edit]

waist overalls pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of denim jeans (pants, trousers)