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civvy

or 肠颈惫路测

[ siv-ee ]

noun

plural civvies.
  1. none 肠颈惫路惫颈别蝉 []. Also civies. civilian clothes.


civvy

/ 藞蝉瑟惫瑟 /

noun

  1. a civilian
  2. plural civilian dress as opposed to uniform
  3. civvy street
    civilian life
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of civvy1

First recorded in 1885鈥90; civ(ilian) + -y 2
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Example Sentences

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I became an HR manager and fitted back into civvy street.

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鈥淲e need to find who they are, extract them from what they are doing, second them to civvy street鈥 鈥 referring to the nonmilitary world 鈥 鈥渁nd attach them to firms.鈥

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Mr Lewis said he struggled to cope with life on "civvy street" after leaving the Parachute Regiment and finding himself homeless.

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Reading the letter her great-grandfather received from a friend after they were both back on "civvy street", Miss Griffiths was struck by the similarities between what he was going through and what people are experiencing now.

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"To have this safety net of immunity from prosecution, I'd imagine nearly every single company in civvy street would love that鈥 and I think it's a lame excuse in today's day and age," he says.

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