Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
1Even though I am in civies, everybody in the department knows who I am by now.
2Then they felt foolish for saluting in "civies."
3Next morning the Babe dug up an old suit of 1914 "civies" and put them on.
4We're dealing with the military people and with the town's people, and were dealing with the two romantic leads of the civies.
5I heard some of our soldiers saying in wonder to each other, "did you see those civies going along the road just now?"
6"Gee, those are about the first real civies I've seen since I came overseas," said Judkins.