safari suit

American

noun

a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.

safari suit British

noun

an outfit made of tough cotton, denim, etc, consisting of a bush jacket with matching trousers, shorts, or skirt

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Etymology

Origin of safari suit

First recorded in 1965–70

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safari suit

In a photograph from 22 July 2008, Atiq Ahmed, MP, confidently strides into the Indian parliament in Delhi, adorned in a safari suit.

From BBC ● May 14, 2023

The 36-piece offering also includes a lightweight safari suit of deadstock cotton canvas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

There are jumpsuits at Balenciaga, and safari suit styling at Isabel Marant.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2019

By custom, they have been stacked with beautiful people, and tricked out with beautiful objects, but the outcome was often unlovely to behold, with a gaucheness that ran far deeper than Roger Moore’s safari suit.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015

So she was surprised at the outburst that followed, from a man wearing a brown safari suit and clutching a book: Odenigbo.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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