Definition of Puggery

1. pagri [n PUGGERIES] - See also: pagri

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puggery

puffy
puftaloon
puftaloons
pug
pug-dog
pug-nose
pug-nosed
pug nose
pugaree
pugarees
puggaree
puggarees
pugged
pugger
puggeries
puggery (current term)
puggie
puggier
puggies
puggiest
pugginess
pugginesses
pugging
puggings
puggish
puggle
puggled
puggles
puggling
puggree

Literary usage of Puggery

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

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"Its clothing consisted of the habitual loincloth and puggery. One end of the puggery was drawn mask-wise across the lower part of the face, ..."

2. Sunny Memories of an Indian Winter by Sara H. Dunn (1898)
"Its clothing consisted of the habitual loin-cloth and puggery. One end of the puggery was drawn mask-wise across the lower part of the face, leaving exposed ..."

3. Letters from India and Kashmir: Written 1870 by H. R. Robertson (1874)
"... his uniform is a large green and yellow tartan plaid, puggery and trousers. He replied briefly, and ended by saying that he had been present at the late ..."

4. Letters from India and Kashmir: Written 1870 by H. R. Robertson (1874)
"Now a strong hale man of eighty-five, his uniform is a large green and yellow tartan plaid, puggery and trousers. He replied briefly, and ended by saying ..."

5. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1906)
"... Tale of the Bandit 1Í-00 Rl: Pirate Froc and Other 1901 HI: puggery Wee. 1902 Rl; Mother Goose, 1905 Rl. Residence: ing Av. S., Minneapolis. ..."

6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... a double-breasted cloth waistcoat, and winter trousers, all over thick flannel under-garments; a wide-awake, with an ample puggery, crowned his spare, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Puggery on Dictionary.com!Search for Puggery on Thesaurus.com!Search for Puggery on Google!Search for Puggery on Wikipedia!

Search