puggaree
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 Paget, Sidney
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)
The girl drew down her puggaree, with its soft, thin folds sheltering the pure contours of her face from the dust and burning sun-glare.
From The Bronze Bell by Vance, Louis Joseph
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 Swinburne, T. R.
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