civvies
Example Sentences
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“I’ve been in the army 14 years and I chose to join. These guys are all civvies … and we are investing everything we can because we know they are going to need it.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
At the Bataclan five months earlier, when I had met him, he had been relaxing with a drink, in his "civvies".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2017
Hams put on his civvies, boarded his plane and returned to his wife and life in Minnesota.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016
Back in prison and separated from his beloved Morris, Russell stockpiles clothing from the changing room in which female prisoners discard their civvies.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012
The in-mate, dressed in civvies, might try to walk right out of the Visit Room to the street at the end of the day.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
