pugaree

American  

[puhg-uh-ree] / ˈpʌg ə ri /

noun

1. pugree.

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Example Sentences

With Senhor Aguilla's letter in the breast-pocket of his drill tunic and his automatic in his hip-pocket, Mostyn waited at the head of the ladder until Olive appeared, wearing a light, linen skirt and coat and a topee with a gold-edged pugaree.

From Project Gutenberg

I had happened to fasten over a black bowler hat a white "pugaree," with its ends hanging down behind to protect the back of my neck from the sun, and late one afternoon when following a path among the rocks with which I was well acquainted, my horse took a wrong turn.

From Project Gutenberg

So Poppy went off one morning full of hope and high ambition, in a clean, very stiffly starched overall of faded galatea, her old straw hat freshly decorated with a yellow pugaree that hung in long tails down her back.

From Project Gutenberg

For though our tale is of modern time, it antedates than when Brown began to affect the pugaree—sham of Manchester Mills—as an appendage to his cheap straw hat.

From Project Gutenberg

For though our tale is of modern time, it antedates that when Brown began to affect the pugaree—sham of Manchester Mills—as an appendage to his cheap straw hat.

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