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Olive drab

noun

A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown. Synonym: drab.

Military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color. Synonym: olive-drab uniform.

A cloth of an olive-brown color used for military uniforms.

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"Olive drab" Quotes from Famous Books

... clothes, with portentous news written on his face. He paused in annoyance at the sight of a second figure standing with back turned at the window. Then Samson wheeled, and the two men recognized each other. They had met before only when one was in olive drab; the other in jeans and butternut. At recognition, Callomb's face fell, ...

— The Call of the Cumberlands • Charles Neville Buck

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