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undress uniform

American  

noun

Military, Navy.
  1. a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.


Etymology

Origin of undress uniform

First recorded in 1820–30


Example Sentences

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In their day-to-day duties, Beefeaters now wear a dark blue and red "undress" uniform, while at the private club they can relax in everyday clothes.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2017

Usually dressed in civilian clothes, he is frequently to be seen in an undress uniform of olive green cloth.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took a bath, was given a close haircut, his undress uniform.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alighting from a train at Ogden, Utah attired in his Rear Admiral's undress uniform, Explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd was taken for a stationmaster, passed up by the officials sent to greet him.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore a low fur cap on his head, and his dark blue frock was trimmed also with fur, and slashed with a species of braiding, like an undress uniform.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever

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