More accurately, the correct shade of "khaki" is the color of "Multani Mitti", meaning "the mud of Multan". From Wordnik.com. [I get email... Reader Tim challenges me with "Khaki" - dfi] Reference
Those boys in khaki have been far from the Arctic ice. From Wordnik.com. [Britain Sees It Through] Reference
I took out my pistol and shot the man in khaki and believe. From Wordnik.com. [Sullivan, Robert J.] Reference
If she were only a boy, speeding in khaki by Carl's side to the Western front!. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
You have no idea of the sameness of a crowd of troops in khaki without badges. From Wordnik.com. [With Canada at the Front] Reference
He isn't in khaki yet – they were out of uniforms – but he will be in a day or two. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
He has been Mr. Hyde most of the time since Jem came home in khaki, and that has a meaning I will maintain. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
We have now a growing and vast Women's Territorial Army in khaki, and they are in the same camps as the men. From Wordnik.com. [What I Have Seen Over There and Over Here] Reference
When we think of that thin khaki line that saved the world for us today, we see in them a miniature picture of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [War Impressions] Reference
Then a detachment of Marines clad in khaki and wrapped with ammunition start to march through the street along the railway yards. From Wordnik.com. [The One in White] Reference
From the folding seat behind, two pairs of legs, one in khaki and one in black rather too short, disentangled themselves and followed. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Three and a Half Hours' Leave] Reference
Tommy Franks is the epitome of the Peter Principle in khaki. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush: Rumsfeld doing a heckuva job.] Reference
Unless you call khaki’s for the jobsite a form of camouflage. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
We see our fearless hero decked out in khaki’s and boat shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Not a dime for tribute; just the export of Alberta boys in khaki. From Wordnik.com. [in no way threatening to me] Reference
It seemed hardly – right – somehow that he should be an "able-bodied man" in khaki. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
Jem and Jerry went to Charlottetown that night and two days later they came back in khaki. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
Those who had only the thin uniforms called khaki worn in the Philippines, suffered from cold. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier in the Philippines] Reference
The khaki is a mellow kind of a green rather than a brown if that is what you are looking for as well. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
Jakes’s security team — men and women in khaki, with dark glasses and coiled earpieces — was never far away. From Wordnik.com. [The Preacher] Reference
All of the PWs wore light Green uniforms of "khaki" material. From Wordnik.com. [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT] Reference
Regardless of its precise etymology, "khaki" refers to the color of uniforms introduced by the army regiments in the 1880s. From Wordnik.com. [I get email... Reader Tim challenges me with "Khaki" - dfi] Reference
And Ken's in khaki, too. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
And Kenneth is in khaki now, too. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
A boy in khaki at the back gave a faint cheer. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
None of the other men in khaki seemed to notice. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Monster by Jonathan Kellerman] Reference
The term "khaki" is an Urdu word describing the greenish, sandy, dusty color of the hillsides in Afghanistan and northwest India. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign Policy In Focus] Reference
Or dirty-beige, as Tamara called khaki. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Goddess’ Cooking School] Reference
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. From Wordnik.com. [You Know Your Hemingway? Pretty to Think So] Reference
McVeigh still comes to court wearing a plain or plaid open-collar shirt and khaki pants. From Wordnik.com. [Defending Mcveigh] Reference
You'd think Martha Stewart, of all people, would know that khaki pants don't qualify as black tie. From Wordnik.com. [What Would Mom Say?] Reference
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