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  • Even the late-leafing trees are bursting their buds open, and the khaki-coloured young leaves of oaks have beaten their rivals, the ash; as the old saying goes, "Oak before ash, in for a splash/ Ash before oak, in for a soak."

    Plantwatch: showmanship in the woods 2011

  • In Italy, prisoners dressed in "khaki-coloured suits".

    National Archives: Britain lobbied pope to intervene in IRA hunger strike 2010

  • The brick and cement wall, painted into purplish blue and red, emerges even more conspicuous among the khaki-coloured loess hills.

    China Builds Walls to Hide Poverty from Tourists | Impact Lab 2007

  • An AFP journalist saw a small fire burning in front of the khaki-coloured tent Saturday in the Kremlin's Tainitsky Garden, whose name derives from the Russian word for "secret".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • I laugh every time I see a photo of some khaki-coloured grapes piled onto a tizzy silver platter.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Niki 2006

  • I laugh every time I see a photo of some khaki-coloured grapes piled onto a tizzy silver platter.

    Fresh apple muesli Niki 2006

  • Another odd thing about the creature was that it carried a pistol, a light automatic, and a number of very heavy khaki-coloured iron pine cones with metal levers that he was not allowed to touch.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • Everyone was dyeing white duck khaki-coloured, or sharpening bayonets, or practising with rifles.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • Pretoria Area Commissioner Amon Mashigo said an electrician working in the basement of the Nan Hua temple spotted a khaki-coloured knapsack shortly after 10am.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Pretoria Area Commissioner Amon Mashigo said an electrician working in the basement of the Nan Hua temple spotted a khaki-coloured knapsack shortly after 10am.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

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