greys

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Verb

greys

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grey

Noun

greys

  1. plural of grey

Noun

greys pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, prison slang) Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.
    • 1955, The Bedside "Guardian", page 40:
      There was a clatter at the back of the gallery, a sharp word from a warder, and the men marched in in their prison greys, jackets too large, trousers too small.
    • Quoted in 1982, Geoff Coggan, Martin J. Walker, Frightened for My Life: An Account of Deaths in British Prisons (page 110)
      'No one told me that I had to be dressed in Greys not Blues! When I appeared before the BOV I was told that I could not go in and see them because I was improperly dressed.'
    • 2013, Constantine Buller, Operation Dolby, page 266:
      “Drop your trousers!” I loosened the clasp on my prison greys and my trouser dropped to my ankles.

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Noun

greys n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of grey
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