clothes on one's back
clothes on one's back noun: the clothes that one is currently wearing, regarded as basic possessions.
Noun
clothes on one's back pl (plural only)
- The clothes that one is currently wearing, regarded as basic possessions.
- In addition to these articles we had a little bit of tinder, and the clothes on our backs. These last were as follows:— Each of us had on a pair of stout canvass trousers, and a pair of sailors’ thick shoes. Jack wore a red flannel shirt, a blue jacket, and a red Kilmarnock bonnet or night-cap...1858, R M Ballantyne, The Coral Island
Questions about clothes on one's back
- What does clothes on one's back mean?
- Clothes on one's back means the clothes that one is currently wearing, regarded as basic possessions.
- What part of speech is clothes on one's back?
- Clothes on one's back is a noun.
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