karkey

Noun

khaki (countable and uncountable, plural khakis or (especially noun sense 5) khakies)

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?1899, Rudyard Kipling, The Absent-Minded Beggar
2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.
   • 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. 10.1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54.
3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
4. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
5. (South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person.
   • "Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on."1902, Philip Pienaar, With Steyn And De Wet, Methuen
6. (in plural) Khaki clothing or uniform.
   • 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.1915 Out West magazine

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