khaki

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

   • 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?
   • But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.
2. 2

   Khaki green, a dull green colour.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

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   1. 4

      A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

   2. 5

      A British person.

      • "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."
      • War and then victory raised patriotic sentiment inside Britain and brought the Colonial Secretary national popularity. Unionists were quick to milk this with a 'khaki' election in 1900 at which they won a massive landslide.
   3. 6

      Khaki clothing or uniform.

      • 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.
   4. 7

      Dust-coloured

      Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

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