prisonwear

English

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

Etymology

From prison +‎ -wear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Further reading

• Prison uniform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia