different between civvy vs bivvy

English

Shortening of civilian, +? -y.

civvy (plural civvies)

(informal) A civilian; someone who is not in the military.
Synonym: civvie
(prison slang) A manufactured cigarette, as opposed to a rollup.
Synonyms: straight, tailor-made
- 2012, John Hoskison, INSIDE (One Man's Experience of Prison)
  I reached across and offered him the packet of civvies.

From bivouac +? -y.

bivvy (plural bivvies)

(colloquial) A small tent or shelter.
- 2011, Caitlin Moran, ‘Protestors? They're Beautiful’, The Times, 12 Nov 2011:
  It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks.

bivvy (third-person singular simple present bivvies, present participle bivvying, simple past and past participle bivvied)

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