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puggree, puggaree|ˈpʌgriː, ˈpʌgəriː|
Also 7 puckery, 8 pukree, 9 pugree, -aree, puggri, -gry, -gery, pagri.
[a. Hind. pagṛī a turban.]
1. A light turban or head-covering worn by inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 140 Eastern People..such.. as wear Turbans, Mandils, Dustars, and Puggarees. 1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 314 With a Puggarie, or Turbant upon their Heads. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 93 A Green Vest and Puckery (or Turbat). 1845Sir W. Napier Conq. Scinde ii. i. 224 The Mohamedan Belooch always obeys him who wears the Puggree. 1893W. Forbes-Mitchell Remin. Gt. Mutiny 287 The latter wore voluminous thick puggries round their heads. 1930Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 22 Apr. 5/2 He has no British officers and no uniform except a distinguishing kind of pagri (head-dress). 1930Punch 1 Oct. 392/2 Mr Thompson should not allow this bee to find a permanent home in his pagri. 1974‘B. Mather’ White Dacoit 18 Sowars straightened tunics and pagris.
2. A scarf of thin muslin or a silk veil wound round the crown of a sun-helmet or hat and falling down behind as a shade.
1859Dickens in All Year Round 30 July 332/1 A ‘Puggery’ is a long slip of white muslin which is bound round the hat and formed into a fantastic bow, with tails behind. 1866Cornh. Mag. Dec. 741 A silk coat, a puggree, boots, and white cords, adorned the wealthier. 1885Times 20 Feb. 6/1 Officers and men were attired in red serge tunics,..sun helmets and puggarees. 1901B. Shaw Three Plays for Purit., Capt. Brassbound i. 215 He wears the sun helmet and pagri, the neutral-tinted spectacles, and the white canvas Spanish sand shoes.
3. attrib., as puggree-cloth.
1934[see drill n.5]. 1978‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions vi. 98 She slept soundly..tied to him by a length of pagri (turban) cloth that prevented her from falling.
Hence ˈpugg(a)reed a., covered with or wearing a puggree.
1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 13 A broad-brimmed puggareed hat. 1900Daily News 1 Aug. 3/1 A graceful wave of his green, puggareed soft slouch hat. |