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safari jacket

American  

noun

  1. bush jacket.


safari jacket British  

noun

  1. another name for bush jacket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of safari jacket

First recorded in 1950–55


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

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023

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.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020

“I always have a safari jacket when I travel so I have a lot of pockets for my passport and money and things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2016

I congratulated Benech, who was in a green shirt and trousers, the uniform of a gardener, and a beige safari jacket, remarking that everything looked quite different from a year ago.

From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2015

He wore khaki trousers tucked into tall leather boots, a safari jacket, and a pith helmet.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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