safari jacket

noun

1. bush jacket.

safari jacket

noun

1. another name for bush jacket

Word History and Origins

Origin of safari jacket¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The first part refers to the president's love for the Kaunda suit - a safari jacket with matching trousers – and Uongoman, which incorporates the Swahili word uongo, meaning "lies".

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The director, who had been scouting some mountains for his upcoming movie, wore a soiled safari jacket and smelled of sweat.

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A single-breasted safari jacket with short or long sleeves and patch pockets — often worn with matching pants — it was initially made popular in the 1960s by Kenneth Kaunda, the first post-colonial president of Zambia.

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This has made the Kaunda suit - a safari jacket with matching trousers - popular with the political class.

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Lehrer didn’t do anchor things — no standing in the face of a hurricane with a microphone or popping up at the scene of some international disaster in a safari jacket.

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