khaki
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈkɑːki/
:
tela caqui
- Muldoon was a burly man in khaki, sunglasses dangling from his shirt pocket.
- khaki pants
- khaki shirts
- khaki safari jacket
Examples
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The soldiers marched in khaki uniforms, ready for their next mission.
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Even my swaddling clothes were khaki.
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Right, a man all in khaki, whom Burns liked right away.
Fiction book (1992) -
I don't look that great in khaki or green.
Academic text (2014) -
Wearing blue Levis jacket and has, what appears to be a khaki knapsack at his feet.
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His clothes were too large for him, khaki-colored pants bagging around his legs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dressing in crisp button-down shirts and khaki pants, he might have been a model for a J. Crew catalog.
Academic text (2008) -
One such uniform is the infantry's prim and well-kept British khaki, highlighted by a native Sikh turban.
Academic text (1995) -
Friedmann wiped his lips with his handkerchief and watched the distinguished-looking man in khaki Bermuda shorts coming toward Golan.
Fiction book (1993) -
Again, he wore the navy blazer, Oxford cloth button-down shirt, khaki slacks, and tasseled oxblood loafers.
Fiction book (1994)
Compounds
How Sturdy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Khaki comes from the Hindi and Urdu word khak meaning 'dust'. British soldiers in India used a sturdy, yellowish-brown cloth that looked like dust for their uniforms, so khaki came to mean that tough fabric used in military clothes.