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bush shirt

American  

noun

  1. bush jacket.

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


Etymology

Origin of bush shirt

First recorded in 1905–10

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

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