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bush shirt

noun

  1. a shirt resembling a bush jacket; safari shirt.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bush shirt1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Spend an hour browsing the many shops and galleries of Queenstown, filled with Kiwi brands like Swanndri, makers of the classic “Swanny,” or long woolen bush shirt, and the outdoor clothier Icebreaker, which specializes in natural fabrics.

He had swapped his uniform bush shirt and trouser for the soccer shirt and shorts and because he didn't want to get caught in a net and drown and he needed to wade through the water and mud to get to the bank where he and his comrades hoped to intercept the team we were driving towards.

Appearing in an open-necked bush shirt before the National Assembly on the night of April 21, the President delivered a long and at times tearful resignation speech excoriating the U.S. as "unfair ... inhumane ... irresponsible."

Stepping off the plane, still in his tropical bush shirt, he hurried to Downing Street, to lunch with Churchill.

I pictured him, in his customary white khadi bush shirt and pants, wearing a self-righteous expression on his face.

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