(chiefly, Britain, military, _, slang) The condition or status of a civilian; civilian life.
(chiefly, Britain, military, _, slang) The condition or status of a civilian; civilian life.
You might have been in Civvy Street / Instead of in the fight; / But it serves you right, / You shouldn't have joined [the navy], / It jolly well serves you right.
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(informal) A civilian; someone who is not in the military.
(military slang, pluralonly) clothes.
(prison slang) A manufactured cigarette, as opposed to a rollup.
A civvies king is the ex-military or school-uniform veteran who absolutely nailed the transition to civilian dressing — the person whose street wardrobe is dialed in, whose fits actually work, and who nobody would guess spent years in a dress code. While plenty of people struggle to develop personal style after years of uniforms telling them what to wear, the civvies king did the work, absorbed the culture, and came out looking sharper than people who've had freedom of choice their whole lives.