puggaree
Americannoun
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Picture him then in a loose red flannel tunic, corduroy knee-breeches, serge leggings, white pith helmet with a puggaree round it.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Walter Paget
He took the puggaree from his hat, and, tying the ends together, he slung it over her front pommel.
From A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" by Sidney Paget
The picture he made sitting under his huge helmet with a white puggaree around it, fanning himself feebly, was one never to be forgotten.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
We decided to pack as much food as possible in small bags, for which some puggaree cloth came in handy, and an old pillow-case made a good receptacle for the biscuits.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
Up and on we panted, Jane partly supported by having the bight of the shikari's puggaree round her waist while he towed her by the ends.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
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