Meaning
The stiff, sand-coloured cotton cloth — and the uniform made from it — long standard for Jamaican schoolboys, workmen, and civil servants. Generations of boys went to school in a pressed khaki shirt and shorts or trousers, and a well-starched, sharp-creased 'khaki suit' was a mark of neatness and discipline. 'Khaki' thus stands for the everyday uniform of school and work as much as for the colour and fabric.
Examples
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Iron di khaki fi school tomorrow.
Iron the khaki uniform for school tomorrow.
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Him khaki suit press an sharp.
His khaki suit is pressed and sharp.
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Every schoolbwoy did wear khaki.
Every schoolboy wore khaki.
Origin
From Urdu/Hindi 'khaki' (dust-coloured); the standard school/work uniform cloth. See [[ganzie]], [[merino]].
How it’s used
The sand-coloured cloth and the school/work uniform made from it. See [[ganzie]], [[merino]].