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armywear

armywear noun: clothing to be worn by the army.

Noun

armywear (uncountable)

  1. Clothing to be worn by the army.
    • DETECTIVES are probing a raid on a shop in High Street, Cleethorpes, which sells surplus armywear.1983 August 25, “Shop cash box stolen”, in Grimsby Evening Telegraph, page nine
    • We buy/sell second-hand furniture/baby equipment, bric-a-brac, curios, models, armywear and bits and pieces.1997 January 31, The Staines Informer, 23rd year, number 5, page 78

Examples of armywear in a sentence

  • To coordinate with your faux-armywear, Keds offers functional camouflage.2001 June 25, “9 Sport and Tech Essentials”, in New York, page 74:
  • They’d gone from baggy armywear for their first album to sassy for the second, then mumsy chic for the recent one: lots of long coats.2019, Malcolm McLean, Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie, RedDoor, →ISBN, page 43:

Origin of armywear

From army + -wear.

Questions about armywear

What does armywear mean?
Armywear means clothing to be worn by the army.
How do you use armywear in a sentence?
To coordinate with your faux-armywear, Keds offers functional camouflage.
What part of speech is armywear?
Armywear is a noun.

Words near armywear in the dictionary

  1. armyman
  2. armymen
  3. ARMYs
  4. armyspeak
  5. Armytage
  6. armywear
  7. armyworm
  8. armyworms
  9. armónico
  10. armónico guitar
  11. armónico guitars

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