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the color of armies, offices, and dads who quietly conquered the suburbs
means A dusty yellowish-brown color, and the sturdy fabric of that color long associated with military uniforms and rugged trousers.
from From Urdu and Persian khākī, meaning 'dust-colored,' from khāk, 'dust' or 'soil.' British soldiers in 19th-century India swapped their conspicuous red coats for this earth-toned cloth that vanished into the dusty landscape — and the word, like the color, marched home with the empire.
- origin
- Urdu word for dust or earth-colored
- war debut
- British India swapped red coats for camouflage
- texture trap
- the word names both color and fabric
- safari myth
- never made anyone hunt better, just look ready
- office armor
- survived a century of casual Fridays
for instance
british indian army uniform — adopted by british forces in india in 1848 to replace bright red coats in colonial campaigns
khaki campbell duck — egg-laying breed developed in england in 1901, named for its khaki-colored plumage