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n. (context chiefly British military English) civilian life; the condition or status of a civilian
Usage examples of "civvy street".
I've served my seven years and I've got to return to Civvy Street.
Rather more had removed their helmets and decided to opt for a bright new future in Civvy Street, where you were less likely to get beaten to death by an angry mob.
He could not take any risk of wild stories finding their way into civvy street.
Burlington wasn't keen on civvy street help, a personal opinion which he was diplomatic enough to keep to himself.
He knew enough about drugs from civvy street, where he had worked as an assistant druggist, which no bastard but him knew, because then the bastards would've put him in the Medical Corps, and that would've meant no fighting and no killing, and no self-respecting Aussie'd let his country down and dear old Blighty down by being just a stinking noncombatant medical orderly.
Once you're back in civvy street, do let me know if you hear of anything that might suit an old soldier.
In August of 1937 he had to choose between getting out of the Corps and taking his chances on civvy street, where jobs were hard to come by, particularly if you didnt have a trade, or shipping over, which meant a dollar and a dime a day, plus uniforms, three square meals a day, and a place to sleep out of the rain.