Puggry vs Puggree - What's the difference?
puggry | puggree | Alternative forms |
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.
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.
* 1888': I recognised the eldest Miss Copleigh, because she had a '''puggree round her helmet, and the younger had not. — Rudyard Kipling, ‘False Dawn’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 36)
Puggree is an alternative form of puggry.
Puggry is an alternative form of puggree.
As nouns the difference between puggry and puggree
is that puggry is 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 while puggree is 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.puggry
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Alternative forms
* puggreeNoun
(puggries)See also
* turbanpuggree
English
Alternative forms
* puggryNoun
(en noun)- Hand-wrapped puggaree hat-band. Ideal for gardening, hiking or exploring forgotten tombs. --
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