fatigues
a military uniform worn while performing manual labor or while in the field.
Origin of fatigues
1- Also called fa·tigue clothes [fuh-teeg-klohz, klohthz] /fəˈtig ˌkloʊz, ˌkloʊðz/ .
Words Nearby fatigues
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How to use fatigues in a sentence
One of the dead was wearing combat fatigues and the other was in civilian clothes.
Deadly Shootout in Ukraine Raises Fears of Russian Invasion | Jamie Dettmer | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe hurried in the direction from which the soldier was fleeing and spied a man in combat fatigues.
The soldiers sleep on the floor in their full fatigues, boots laced up.
A Chinese man in military fatigues bursts into room after room along a narrow corridor.
‘Web Junkie’ Is a Harrowing Documentary on China’s Internet Addiction Rehab Clinics | Marlow Stern | January 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOutside the courtroom, armed officers dressed in green fatigues and carrying binoculars scanned the immense parking lot.
Aurora Cops Relive the Horror at James Holmes Hearing | Christine Pelisek | January 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
When the crusading mania was at its height there were some Christian women who shared the fatigues and dangers of their husbands.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)To this dangerous sleep David yielded, nevertheless, as the emotions and fatigues of the day had been very exhausting.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThe road is long across the desert, and you seem too feeble to sustain the fatigues of such a journey.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueHe fatigues himself too much, but I can't help seeing he is obliged to do it.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanThrough incredible perils and fatigues, footsore and emaciated, you arrive at last in the States called Free.
The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act | Lydia Maria Child
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