Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pugree .
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- noun A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a
pith helmet , and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Englishmen, which was easy to gather from their picturesque and unusual attire of neat gray small-clothes meeting gray stockings at the knee, low white shoes, a striped blue and white flannel shirt and canoe-shaped hats of gray, each bearing a snow-white "puggree" with blue and gold fringed ends.
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Dec. 741 A silk coat, a puggree, boots, and white cords, adorned the wealthier.
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Dec. 741 A silk coat, a puggree, boots, and white cords, adorned the wealthier.
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Hence pugg (a) reed a., covered with or wearing a puggree.
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Hence pugg (a) reed a., covered with or wearing a puggree.
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They were courteous people, and not only refused the quarter dollar which I pressed upon them, but gave me a handkerchief full of bananas when I left them, being pleased, however, to accept a puggree.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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A new item was now added to our kit to improve our lot; to alleviate some of the discomfort and soreness around our shirt collars due to perspiration we were issued with scarves puggree, squares of light cloth, khaki coloured.
Coming of Age: 1939-1946 John Cox
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I took the puggree off my hat, tore it in strips and bound him up tightly.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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She ran into her bedroom for two veils, a gray automobile puggree and one of those heavy black affairs with butterflies scattered over it, quite as effectual as a mask.
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901
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When the right moment came she would discard the puggree and drop the black veil.
The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901
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