pugaree

[puhg-uh-ree] /ˈpʌg ə ri/

noun

pugree.

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But to no avail; the coolie was not to be frightened, nor even excited, by hat or pugaree.

The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan
The poor fellow had wrapped the end of his pugaree round his ghastly wound.

With the Zionists in Gallipoli John Henry Patterson

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