noun
General Slang
civvy
· noun · prison
A factory-made cigarette, as opposed to a hand-rolled one.
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Inside, a 'civvy' is a proper tailor-made cigarette — straight off a production line, in a packet — rather than something rolled from pouch tobacco. Rarer, classier, worth more on the wing. The name borrows from 'civilian': it's the smoke you'd have on the outside.
“Forget rollies, he's got a pack of civvies tucked behind his radio.”
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Outside the prison sense, 'civvy' is older military slang for a civilian or for civilian clothes ('civvies'). The prison usage is a direct descendant — the cigarette that belongs to the civilian world.
“First thing he did on release was put on civvies and order a pint.”
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civvy In A Sentence
Forget rollies, he's got a pack of civvies tucked behind his radio.
First thing he did on release was put on civvies and order a pint.
Origin & Usage
British military slang for civilian, repurposed inside UK prisons for the tailor-made smoke.
Variants
civvies
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