Definition of Pugarees

1. pugaree [n] - See also: pugaree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pugarees

puffings
puffinries
puffinry
puffins
puffs
puffs up
puffy
puftaloon
puftaloons
pug
pug-dog
pug-nose
pug-nosed
pug nose
pugaree
pugarees (current term)
puggaree
puggarees
pugged
pugger
puggeries
puggery
puggie
puggier
puggies
puggiest
pugginess
pugginesses
pugging
puggings

Literary usage of Pugarees

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"... Preparing a Meal 268 A Study in pugarees 269 Bayonet Charge by the London Scottish 269 British Soldier in Mesopotamia 270 Return to Chaos on the Western ..."

2. The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler (1905)
"... with various emblems; pikemen clad in bright red with black embroidery and black pugarees ; soldiers with pikes and scythes and three-pronged spears, ..."

3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1875)
"vas music in itself; and the coxswain reporting, ' Boat alongside, sir,' made us jump for joy, handle our sticks, don our white-felt hats with pugarees ..."

4. War in South Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilization by William Harding (1899)
"His carriage was pulled by fifty Rhodesian troopers in fighting uniform—shirt sleeves and riding breeches, with red pugarees. From 20000 to 25000 people ..."

5. Enchanted India by Bojidar Karageorgevitch (1899)
"... pugarees and an uniform of yellow khakee (a cotton stuff), like that of the sepoys, with their guns on their shoulders, looked as if they were taking a ..."

6. Tenerife and Its Six Satellites: Or, The Canary Islands Past and Present by Olivia M. Stone (1889)
"... the road, shaded by few trees and close to the sea, was excessively hot. What a sight we must have presented, with pugarees flying behind us, ..."

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