civvies
Example Sentences
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He was in civvies during the audience because of diplomacy and Vatican protocol, Col.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023
“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
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
But here, in a library and in his civvies, he wasn’t so frightening, was some-how ... denatured.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
