English

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Striped prison uniform, contemporary design as used in the United States and other countries

Etymology

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From prison +‎ -wear.

Noun

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prisonwear (uncountable)

  1. Clothes to be worn by inmates of a prison.
    • 2014, Roger Frankham, “USA”, in Bite Size World: Eating My Way Around the Planet, Cirencester: Mereo, →ISBN, part three (North America), page 181:
      Convicts in striped prisonwear collect trash by the roadside, watched over by their guards.

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