English Dictionary

greys

名詞

イギリス英語 複数形 複数形のみ 俗語

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

日本語の意味

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。

He mended his greys by the cell light.

彼は独房の明かりの下で灰色のズボンを繕った。

意味（1）

(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.