battledress
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“These are the flashes we wore on our battledress blouses,” says the caption in neat block letters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Alongside, in full khaki battledress and pith helmet, stood William Shakespear.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2015
Prince Charles's fading blue polo helmet with red stripes and a pair of worn-looking, leather kneestraps share a glass cabinet with Prince Michael of Kent's battledress blouse form the 1960s.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2010
Ali's plane touched down at Karachi's airfield, where soldiers in battledress were drawn up, ostensibly to honor him.
From Time Magazine Archive
A dozen men in UN battledress came up and took them prisoner.
From Hunter Patrol by Piper, H. Beam
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