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Meanings of civilian dress in English

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roba de civil

Ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.

        roba de civil
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        Examples for "civilian clothing"
        Examples for "civilian clothing"
        1
        He dressed in civilian clothing that barely fit, and took his rifle.
        The Descent
        2
        Like him, they wore a motley mix of uniforms and civilian clothing.
        American empire: blood and iron
        3
        Vigilant armed men in civilian clothing stand guard at every turn.
        Reuters
        4
        The man was in civilian clothing, but his figure seemed familiar.
        The Sword of Antietam: A Story of the Nation's Crisis
        5
        Sneaking out of a hospital is easy if you're dressed in civilian clothing.
        Internecine
        1
        He saw several figures in contemporary civilian garb and at least two American GIs.
        Bedlam
        2
        Struggling in Chester's arms was a man in civilian garb.
        The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along ...
        3
        All of them were dressed in inconspicuous civilian garb.
        Security
        4
        On Monday the military regime's leader, Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, wore civilian garb on a walk in downtown Cairo.
        The Guardian
        5
        He said intelligence had intercepted LTTE leaders ordering its fighters to trade their trademark tiger-stripe camouflage fatigues for civilian garb.
        Reuters
        1
        Three of them were in plain clothes; the other was a soldier.
        Okewood of the Secret Service
        2
        The other gentleman in plain clothes was the chaplain of the ship.
        The Cruise of the Mary Rose; Or, Here and There in the Pacific
        3
        Meantime the young person in the plain clothes was saying to Joan:
        Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
        4
        We had men in plain clothes watching the house night and day.
        Little Novels
        5
        Mr. Fowler was in plain clothes, and the blinds were half drawn.
        The Postmaster's Daughter
        Usage of civilian dress in English
        1
        Two were officers; the third, Colonel von Wallenstein, was in civilian dress.
        The Goose Girl
        2
        Behind the column came a large body of men in civilian dress.
        With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
        3
        At hearing that name, from one in civilian dress, Dave stepped forward.
        Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico
        4
        In this parade Governor Roosevelt rode on horseback, in civilian dress.
        American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
        5
        I shall be ready as soon as I can change to civilian dress.
        Marion's Faith.
        6
        General Gorman looked at the small man in civilian dress standing beside him.
        Earth strike: star carrier: book one
        7
        He turned and beheld the clean-cut bronzed face of a man in civilian dress.
        The Mountebank
        8
        Amongst them there was also a gentleman in civilian dress.
        The Coming Conquest of England
        9
        Then he remembered that his friends were in civilian dress and without their swords.
        The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
        10
        Two of them-onein civilian dress-wereendeavoring to hold up a third between them.
        The Puppet Crown
        11
        He was also in civilian dress, but it looked expensive, and he was unarmed.
        Dayworld Rebel
        12
        They came in another Ford sedan, and most of the officers were wearing civilian dress.
        The Black Experience in America
        13
        They were more than 30 civilians , in civilian dress.
        Reuters
        14
        The heart of the Indian maid was beating a happy tattoo under her civilian dress.
        The Second William Penn / A true account of incidents that happe...
        15
        She took in his civilian dress, typed it automatically, and came to an erroneous conclusion.
        Mercenary
        16
        Crampas, in civilian dress, approached and kissed Effi's hand.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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