fatigues
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatigues in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce fatigues in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
Word Origin
- fatigues (n.)
- 1776, "extra duties of a soldier," from fatigue (n.). As a military clothing outfit, from 1836, short for fatigue dress (1833); fatigue cap is from 1824.
Example
- 1. Army fatigues are usually brownish green .
- 2. Friend 2 : what about the one with him and the friend in army fatigues ?
- 3. They wore fatigues in green a shade darker than their u.s. counterparts .
- 4. The woman often complains that she fatigues easily .
- 5. At the palace , a tall , thickly built white man , wearing khaki fatigues and carrying an american assault rifle , stood guard outside a meeting room .