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policewear

policewear noun: clothing to be worn by police officers.

policewear: clothing to be worn by police officers
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Noun

policewear (uncountable)

  1. Clothing to be worn by police officers.
    • SMART EISENHOWER JACKETS add 1951 stylings to uniforms of the Ft. Lauderdale Police force. Modeling the new policewear are left to right, Patrolman Doris Thompkins, Traffic Lieutenant Francis May and Patrolman Edward G. Elmer.1951 January 20, Fort Lauderdale Daily News, 40th year, number 113, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., page 5-A
    • He has policewear from just about everywhere — the Spanish Civil Guard, French riot police, Canadian Mounties, airport police, dock police, shore patrols, military police . . .1982 July 1, Michael Walker, “From Sing-Sing to the Mounties....”, in Nottingham Recorder, number 31, page 10

Examples of policewear in a sentence

  • But unfortunately the fashion credo holds for policewear just like everything else: Chic is not cheap.1988 March 29, Bettina Fabos, “Walking a fashionable beat: Local police in step with style”, in Daily Hampshire Gazette, volume 202, number...
  • The first sign of rot was the widespread adoption of fluorescent safety-style policewear.2007 June 30, James May, “Give the rozzers a little respect”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 47,298, page M12:
  • Quite a few had an erotic slant – for instance, nursewear, policewear, full bondage gear – but I wanted to hide from Mr Death, not be chased by him like a malnourished Benny Hill.2012, Richard Milward, Kimberly’s Capital Punishment, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 187:

Origin of policewear

From police + -wear.

Questions about policewear

What does policewear mean?
Policewear means clothing to be worn by police officers.
How do you use policewear in a sentence?
But unfortunately the fashion credo holds for policewear just like everything else: Chic is not cheap.
What part of speech is policewear?
Policewear is a noun.

Words near policewear in the dictionary

  1. polices
  2. polices one's brass
  3. polices up
  4. policespeak
  5. policeware
  6. policewear
  7. policewoman
  8. policewomen
  9. policework
  10. policial
  11. policiary

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