Duds vs Civvies - What's the difference?
duds | civvies |
(New England, British, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
* 1890 , (William Morris), (News from Nowhere)'', in the journal '' . (First published in book form 1890.)
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(military slang, pluralonly) civilian clothes
As nouns the difference between duds and civvies
is that duds is (new england|british|dated) clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance while civvies is (military slang|pluralonly) civilian clothes.duds
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- I looked at what I could see of my rough blue duds , which I had plenty of opportunity of contrasting with the gay attire of the citizens we had come across;
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