SINCE 1828
civvy
noun
civ·vy
| \ ˈsi-vē
\
\
variants:
or less commonly civie
plural civvies
also civies
Definition of civvy
1
civvies
also civies plural
: civilian clothes as distinguished from a particular uniform (as of the military)
2
: civilian
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