fatigues
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- n military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
- n temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
- n used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
- n (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
- n labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
they were assigned to kitchen fatigues - v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- It showed a plump, middle-aged man wearing combat fatigues and a forage cap and sporting a thick beard streaked with grey.
- Whether it is a red tie peeking out of his formal suits during official state visits, a red beret topping the olive fatigues he often wears as a tribute to his military background .
- Men in clean, dark green fatigues organize would-be recruits.