Definition of Puggarees

1. puggaree [n] - See also: puggaree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puggarees

puffinry
puffins
puffs
puffs up
puffy
puftaloon
puftaloons
pug
pug-dog
pug-nose
pug-nosed
pug nose
pugaree
pugarees
puggaree
puggarees (current term)
pugged
pugger
puggeries
puggery
puggie
puggier
puggies
puggiest
pugginess
pugginesses
pugging
puggings
puggish
puggle

Literary usage of Puggarees

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"The monkeys continued their mischievous tricks, making determined efforts to relieve the travellers of their puggarees, which were too safely secured, ..."

2. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"The monkeys continued their mischievous tricks, making determined efforts to relieve the travellers of their puggarees, which were too safely secured, ..."

3. The Prince of Wales in India by J. Drew Gay (1877)
"... in dark green dresses and red puggarees, a wild set of horsemen, go by in excellent order just afterwards, followed by the 15th Hussars, who are in good ..."

4. Impressions of India by Henry Craik (1908)
"With their stalwart figures, the chakras or war-quoits twisted in their puggarees, their long uncut hair and beard, and the stateliness of their gait, ..."

5. From Pall Mall to the Punjaub Or with the Prince in India by J. Drew Gay (1876)
"... and red puggarees, a wild set of horsemen, go by in excellent order just afterwards, followed by the 15th Hussars, who are in good condition; ..."

6. From Pall Mall to the Punjaub Or with the Prince in India by J. Drew Gay (1876)
"... in dark green dresses and red puggarees, a wild set of horsemen, ... as it comes on in black helmets with black puggarees, looks strange, and, ..."

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