safari jacket
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of safari jacket
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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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".
From BBC • May 13, 2025
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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