grey suit

collocation in English

meaningsofgreyandsuit

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grey
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪ/us
/ɡreɪ/
of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of ...
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suit
noun
uk
/suːt/us
/suːt/
a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt that are made from the ...
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(Definition ofgreyandsuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He wore agreysuitwith trousers and jacket that did not match, a tee-shirt and trainers.
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Because they do not obey the prison rules and wear prison clothing, which is a modern-cut,greysuit, they cannot have visits.
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It is as if he were transformed from his normalgreysuitinto the garb of an astronaut, inflated suit, helmet and the rest.
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He wears hisgreysuitwith style.
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I got chosen to wear thegreysuitand the wig, and not the pretty dresses.
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His attire is a crisp, black gentleman's hat and sharp darkgreysuit, which complements his tall, lean, lanky figure remarkably well.
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First, he is seen in the middle of a virtual corridor in the same shinygreysuithe wears on the album cover.
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Often illustrated with an inquisitive or serious expression and wearing agreysuitwith black edging.
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Voltar originally had agreysuit, which was changed to red.
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She wears agreysuitin the film for a period before wearing a leather suit during the remainder of the film.
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Swiss is usually depicted wearing agreysuitand with his hair styled in a platinum blond bouffant quiff.
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He sports a full beard, a long, darkgreysuitcoat, black vest, white shirt, and black shoes.
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In the 20th century, the black suit was largely replaced by the dark blue orgreysuit.
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He seldom varied his attire from agreysuit, spats, homburg hat, gloves and was never without a carnation or substitute flower in his button hole.
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But he knows, does he not, the menace of these men in grey suits?
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Boring and grey suited they may be, but they have standards of honesty and probity that would embarrass the average east end street trader.
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They have reverted to what are now known as grey suits.
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We have also recruited over 400 new staff—not predominantly men in grey suits, but largely health visitors and district nurses.
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That meant row after row of grey suits, and men talking to and sometimes shouting at other men.
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