- a variation of puggaree.
puggree
Britishnoun
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the usual Indian word for turban
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a scarf, usually pleated, around the crown of some hats, esp sun helmets
Etymology
Origin of puggree
C17: from Hindi pagrī, from Sanskrit parikara
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Everything is complete down to moustache, the folds of the puggree, the lathee or staff, indeed to the slightest detail.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
He provides himself with a more magnificent cumberbund, enlarges the border of gold thread on his puggree, and furbishes up his English that he may converse pleasantly with mem saheb.
From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken
When the right moment came she would discard the puggree and drop the black veil.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
He carried a dove-gray sun helmet with not more than three yards of bright peacock puggree.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
They were courteous people, and not only refused the quarter dollar which I pressed upon them, but gave me a handkerchief full of bananas when I left them, being pleased, however, to accept a puggree.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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