Word: khaki
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...force of 500 Arabs besieged the Jewish settlement of Yehiam in mountainous country near the Lebanese border. Attacking with mortar and machine-gun fire, the khaki-clad Arabs were held off by Jews fighting from the ruins of an ancient crusaders' castle. A British company of the Middlesex Regiment rushed to Yehiam, drove the invaders back...
...Mexico City's Reforma Hotel, one day, a frail little man in faded khaki, his shirt held together with a cheap gold pin, presented to Huston a card: Hal Croves, Translator. Traven, Croves explained, couldn't come; but as Traven's old friend and translator, he, Croves, knew the author and his work better even than Traven himself did. Huston hired Croves at $150 a week as technical adviser. By the time Croves had done his job and disappeared, Huston was pretty certain that uneasy little Mr. Croves was Traven himself...
...moment, Jewish guns and bombs were speaking more loudly than the Arabs'. Last week Haganah militiamen, in steel helmets and khaki uniforms, began systematic retaliation against Arabs. In communal fights, Palestine's death toll swelled...
Next to blondes, gentlemen prefer poker. Blackjack, learnedly classified as "vingt-et-un," is a low born associate of spinning ivories on khaki blankets, and is favored only by those majoring in R.O.T.C. The advent of General Education has definitely entrenched the five card classic, with numerous aberrations localized somewhat to the bank of the Charles...
...worn by gentlemen at the ceremony, wedding guests were swamping famed Moss Bros. with orders for rented cutaway coats and striped trousers at two guineas each, with a shining topper thrown in gratis. To everybody's relief, the King announced that the Household Cavalry would not wear khaki when escorting the bride to the Abbey, but would appear in all their full-dress glory: scarlet and blue uniforms with pipe-clayed breeches and flashing cuirasses...