puggaree

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A form of puggry — A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a pith helmet, and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.

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Meanings

nounpuggaree (plural puggarees)

plural puggarees

  1. alternativeAlternative form of puggry.

    a blue-grey felt hat with a gold puggaree

    1894, Rudyard Kipling, William the Conqueror
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    We did not even possess "two coats apiece" - our ordinary costume being waterproof monkey jackets, sailor hats with puggarees twined round them, and some simple white muslin or fresh cotton dresses.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hatband
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APA

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Chicago

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