pugrees

X. Dawn broke and the roofs of old Hanadra became resplendent with the varied colors of turbans and pugrees and shawls.

Told in the East Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

In many of the native regiments the British officers wore tasselled pugrees, and long tunics that were really shirts, and an adaption of the native custom of wearing the shirt-tails outside the trousers.

War in the Garden of Eden Kermit Roosevelt 1916

Here and there, silhouetted in the firelight, he could see the pugrees and occasional long poles of men who prodded at the embers.

Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914

A sea of pugrees moved as brown eyes looked up surreptitiously - stared - memorized - and then looked down again.

Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914

X. Dawn broke and the roofs of old Hanadra became resplendent with the varied colors of turbans and pugrees and shawls.

Told in the East Talbot Mundy 1909

In fact, in a country where the sun beats downs on us for much of the year, headgear makes more sense than necktie, which is why we have a rich, indigenous legacy of the most colorful and elaborate pugrees, topis, turbans, and caps anywhere in the world.

The Times of India 2010

However, in rural Punjab, the pugrees and pugs are still widely worn.

ALL THINGS PAKISTAN Adil Najam 2008

I have never quite understood how this turban is wrapped and how does it hold itself. elsewhere, is and has been the land of turbans - pugrees and pugs - for as long as one can remember.

ALL THINGS PAKISTAN Adil Najam 2008

Cristobal, Panama and the Canal Zone of 1907; Spiggoty policemen like monkeys chattering bad Spanish, and big, smiling Canal Zone policemen in khaki, with the air of soldiers; Jamaica negroes with conical heads and brown Barbados negroes with Cockney accents; English engineers in lordly pugrees, and tourists from New England who seem servants of their own tortoise-shell spectacles; comfortable ebon mammies with silver bangles and kerchiefs of stabbing scarlet, dressed in starched pink-and-blue gingham, vending guavas and green Toboga Island pineapples.

The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918