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Khaki
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- 1 Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
- 1 of a yellowish brown color wordnet
- 1 A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. countable, uncountable
"When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen", When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth; Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?"
- 2 a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms wordnet
- 3 Khaki green, a dull green colour. countable, uncountable
"1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10."
- 4 A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. countable, uncountable
- 5 A soldier wearing a khaki uniform. countable, rare, uncountable
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- 6 A British person. South-Africa, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
""Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on.""
- 7 Khaki clothing or uniform. countable, in-plural, uncountable
"1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat."
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”). Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”). Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.
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