Khakis

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(thing) by kessenich (3.1 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jun 13 2000 at 9:17:21

Rather understandably, the word khaki is Urdu for "dusty." British colonial dudes in India realized that their white threads were turning tan from the dust, so they dyed the white cloth using a local mazari plant.

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