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Dear RhubarbCommando: I remember reading a long time ago that khaki originated in India when a unit clad in white was so vulnerable to enemy snipers that their colonel ordered them to rub dirt onto them. Several sources say "khaki" is an Urdu word
khaki - 1857, from Urdu khaki, lit. "dusty,"
from khak "dust," from Pers. First introduced
in uniforms of British cavalry in India (the
Guide Corps, 1846); widely adopted for
camoflage purposes in the Boer Wars.
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