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puggaree

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pug⋅ga⋅ree

  [puhg-uh-ree]
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–noun
pugree.
Also, pug⋅gree [puhg-ree] .

pug⋅ree

  [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.
Also, pugaree, puggaree.

Origin:
1655–65; < Hindi pagṛī turban
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pug·gree   (pŭg'rē)   
n.  A cloth band or scarf wrapped around the crown of a hat or sun helmet.

[Hindi pagṛī, turban, from Sanskrit parikaraḥ, girdle for a garment, from parikaroti, he surrounds : pari, around; see per1 in Indo-European roots + karoti, he does, makes; see kwer- in Indo-European roots.]
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