UNIFORM (clothing)
ADJECTIVES
► CAMMIE ► CAMMY of uniforms: camouflage → 1970s sl., orig. US military
► CAMO of uniforms: camouflage → 1970s sl., orig. US military
NOUNS
► BAG, THE in the police and fire departments: a uniform → 1944 Amer. sl.
► BLUES the blue uniform of the Union Army → US Civil War usage
► CAMMIE camouflage (uniform) → 1970s sl., orig. US military
► CAMMIES a camouflage uniform → 1971 Amer. military sl.
► CAMO camouflage (uniform) → 1970s sl., orig. US military
► CHOCOLATE CHIPS desert camouflage uniforms → 1991 US sl.
► HARNESS clothing, dress, garments; esp. a uniform → 1853 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY SUIT 1. any uniform worn by a railway employee on a passenger train → 1901 US
2. a uniform, esp. a formal, decorative, or showy one, as a baseball uniform or military dress uniform → 1914 sl., orig. US
► OD’s a drab olive military uniform → 1955 US sl.
► SANDPAPER SUIT a school cadet uniform → 1930s NZ sl.
► SUIT a livery or uniform; in wider use, a dress, garb → 1297 obs.
► UNI a school uniform; pronounced ‘unny’ → 1947 UK sl.
► WARPAINT military uniform → M19 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MONKEY an employee whose costume, uniform, movements, or actions resemble a monkey; specifically, a chorus girl, porter, musician in a tuxedo, bridge worker, freight handler, etc. → 1928 Amer. sl.
► MONKEY SUIT a person who is wearing a uniform, as a cinema usher → 1987 US sl.
► V GIRL a woman who is attracted to men in military uniform → 1960 US sl.
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