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Definition of Puggaree
1. n. Same as Puggry.
Definition of Puggaree
1. Noun. puggree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puggaree
1. pugree [n -S] - See also: pugree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puggaree
Literary usage of Puggaree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"(Spavin,) puggaree. [Hind.] A white covering for the hat, for the sake of coolness.
Puisne Judge. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1903)
"There hurried on to the stage a remarkable figure in a grey tweed suit, with a
pith helmet swathed in a white puggaree on his head and a Scotch plaid wound ..."
3. The Chersonese with the Gilding Off by Emily Innes (1885)
"I told him one day to whiten Mr. Innes's sun-helmet, and to fold a puggaree round
it in a certain way, which I showed him. Afterwards I found he had done ..."
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