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civvy

noun civ·vy \ ˈsi-vē \
variants: or less commonly civie

Definition of civvy

plural civvies also civies
1 civvies also civies plural : civilian clothes as distinguished from a particular uniform (as of the military)
2 : civilian

First Known Use of civvy

circa 1889

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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