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khaki (kăk`ē, kä`kē) [Hindi,=dust-colored], closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton, dyed a dust color. It was first used (1848) for uniforms for the English regiment of Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden in India and later became the official color for British army uniforms, as well as for those of other countries. It became popular for hunting and outdoor wear, as in the uniforms of groups such as the Boy Scouts, and for heavy working clothes. khaki 1. a dull yellowish-brown colour 2. a. a hard-wearing fabric of this colour, used esp for military uniforms b. (as modifier): a khaki jacket How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Many of my Australian friends actually didn't like him much, thought him a national embarrassment, and wished he'd go away before all Americans believed that Aussie dress consisted solely of khakis, their Saturday-night social life devoted to crocodile-wrestling, and the national vocabulary dominated by quaint exclamations like ``barbie'' and ``crikey And instead of dress shirts, khakis, and skirts, there was black leather, denim, bandanas, and boots. Kathy Bronstein, Wet Seal's vice chairwoman and chief executive, has spent the past 18 months breathing new life into the retailer, which took a beating in 1999 when it unsuccessfully took a stab at khakis and polo shirts. |
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