Synonyms for civvies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : siv-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪv i |
Top 10 synonyms for civvies Other synonyms for the word civvies
- attirement
- civ
- civvie
- clothes
- clothing
- commoner
- costume
- covering
- drag
- drape
- drapery
- dress
- dry goods
- duds
- ensemble
- equipment
- evening clothes
- feathers
- finery
- frippery
- frock
- full feather
- garb
- garment
- garments
- gear
- get-up
- glad rags
- guise
- habiliment
- habit
- hand-me-downs
- livery
- mufti
- muumuu
- outfit
- overclothes
- panoply
- personal attire
- pinafore
- private citizen
- rags
- raiment
- regalia
- rigging
- robe
- sack
- shift
- skirt
- sportswear
- subject
- suit
- Sunday best
- tailleur
- tatters
- things
- threads
- tog
- toga
- toggery
- togs
- tout ensemble
- trappings
- trousseau
- underclothes
- uniform
- vestment
- vesture
- vines
- wardrobe
- wear
- weeds
- zoot suit
Définition of civvies
Origin :- 1889, civvies, short for civilian clothes (see civilian (adj.)); in reference to civilian clothes of military men.
- As in threads : noun clothes, clothing
- As in clothing : noun attire
- As in getup : noun dress
- As in civilian : noun nonmilitary person
- As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
- As in tog : noun dress
- As in dress : noun clothing; woman's garment
- As in duds : noun clothes
- Nevertheless, if I were in civvies, you'd have permitted the waiter to cut my steak.
- Extract from : « The Pride of Palomar » by Peter B. Kyne
- Out of the corner of my eye, I saw another man, younger in appearance and looking like an Army officer in civvies, approach him.
- Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
- Granted as 'e can't walk about naked; granted as 'e 'asn't got a suit o' civvies of 'is own—wot is 'e to do?
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 » by Various
- He was in civvies, the jeans and sweater I normally thought of him wearing, but he had his service ribbons pinned to his breast.
- Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
- As soon as afternoon parade was dismissed, we would dive for our quarters, and re-don our "civvies" until next parade.
- Extract from : « "Over There" with the Australians » by R. Hugh Knyvett
- And the civvies—gorblimy—when I was 'ome on leave they kep' on arstin' me, 'Ain't yer wounded yet?'
- Extract from : « Combed Out » by Fritz August Voigt
- When we first come out, I thought all the Belgian civvies a lot o' bloody cowards takin' cover whenever Fritz came over.
- Extract from : « Combed Out » by Fritz August Voigt
- O' course there was crowds o' civvies doin' the same, but 'e says there was a lot what didn't seem to care a damn.
- Extract from : « Combed Out » by Fritz August Voigt
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