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(UK, prison slang) Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.

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greys

UK plural plural-only slang

(UK, prison slang) Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.

Japanese Meaning

刑務所の囚人が、比較的フォーマルな場面で着用する灰色のズボンやジャケットを指す表現。

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He mended his greys by the cell light.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は独房の明かりの下で灰色のズボンを繕った。

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(UK, prison slang) Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.

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.

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