fatigues
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of fatigues
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Reese has spent the past 15 years in and out of remission with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which often fatigues him, he said.
No longer in military fatigues but a black tracksuit and with a prosthetic limb, Volodymyr was speaking at a football tournament in the town of Pavlograd, one he used to play in before his injury.
From Barron's
At the event, he wore dark glasses and camouflage fatigues, brandished an Israeli-made rifle and shouted revolutionary slogans.
From Barron's
Has he merely—as some seem to believe—swapped combat fatigues for a tie, or has he undergone a genuine political and moral conversion?
Prosecutors said the group -- whose initials SS match those of Adolf Hitler's paramilitary organisation the Schutzstaffel -- had procured fatigues, combat helmets, gas masks and bullet-proof vests.
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