pugree

[ puhg-ree ]

noun

1. a light turban worn in India.
2. a scarf of silk or cotton, usually colored or printed, wound round a hat or helmet and falling down behind as a protection against the sun. Compare havelock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pugree¹

First recorded in 1655–65, pugree is from the Hindi word pagṛī turban

Example Sentences

A crossing-sweeper, black and tan, Tells how he came from Hindustan, And why he wears a hat, and shunned The fatherland of Pugree Bund.

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As becomes their maturer years, they are satisfied with a decent broadcloth coat and pantaloon, with a white cloth or Cashmere shawl pugree, more in accordance with simple English taste.

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A simple dhootee and dubjah, with perhaps an �lkh�l� on the back and a folded pugree on the head, constituted the dress of a Bengali not long before the battle of Plassey.

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He had left his helmet behind him, and wore only a khaki pugree with a khaki 'kula' in the centre of it.

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But that name, so unwisely given, called to my mind the figure on the camel, and I was sure that by some strange freak of conjury Penelope must see it too; and worse, that other, the girl in the pugree, and behind them, discreetly placed, Doctor Todd, uncomfortably balancing on his giant beast, and Mrs. Todd taken inopportunely as she was mopping her brow.

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