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n. - A sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms adj. - Of a yellowish brown color.

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  • More accurately, the correct shade of "khaki" is the color of "Multani Mitti", meaning "the mud of Multan".
  • Those boys in khaki have been far from the Arctic ice.
  • I took out my pistol and shot the man in khaki and believe
  • If she were only a boy, speeding in khaki by Carl's side to the Western front!
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  • The man in the "khaki" (a type of cloth) pants was a little too "cocky" (too sure of oneself) when he first tasted the "kaki" (a Japanese persimmon).
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