undress uniform
Americannoun
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
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He took a bath, was given a close haircut, his undress uniform.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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.
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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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