puggaree
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He brought forward from behind him an officer’s forage-cap, about which a torn puggaree clung like a wisp.
From Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris by Spurrier, Steven
He wears a slouch hat, around which a green puggaree coils lovingly.
From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by Hales, A. G. (Alfred Greenwood)
He invariably wore European costume, with the exception of his green turban with its flowing puggaree.
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Brabant's Horse were our escort to-day, a fine, seasoned body of rough, wild-looking fellows, wearing a very noticeable red puggaree round their slouch hats.
From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Childers, Erskine
And here and there, elderly but erect, natty of attire, and countenance darkly sunburnt beneath the turbanlike puggaree enshrouding his summit, stalked unmistakably the half-pay Anglo-Indian.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
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