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- adjective Without
uniform (standard clothes).
Etymologies
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Examples
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His crew-mate, the other uniformless constable, made some sort of unintelligible sound, moved forward and down to help his friend, then grunted in pain as my arm hooked around his neck.
The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962
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His crew-mate, the other uniformless constable, made some sort of unintelligible sound, moved forward and down to help his friend, then grunted in pain as my arm hooked around his neck.
The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962
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From the Lieutenant to the newest uniformless "rookie" every member of the force was swarming in and out of the building.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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But it was a hot noonday, the dispensary lies somewhat up hill, and the uniformless officer of the Zone metropolis is rather thickly built.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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A small crowd of variously armed uniformless men preceded the escort and carts, while a large one followed them.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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I have seen them marching over the hot and dusty roads of Virginia, uniformless, shoeless, many with nothing but a thin, well-worn shirt to shelter them from the scorching rays of the sun, and yet every man cheered his comrade, and all as they dragged their bleeding feet along made light of their sufferings, and with renewed elasticity strode forward on their way, many to their graves.
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