- a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
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bush′ shirt′,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- ClothingSee bush jacket.
- Clothinga shirt resembling a bush jacket;
safari shirt. - 1905–10
bush′ jack′et,
- Clothinga belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush. Also called bush coat, bush shirt, safari jacket.
- 1935–40
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bush jacket, bush shirt n
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