Re: [*FSFFU*] Puggle (off-topic)

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I have a very vague memory of reading somewhere (Kipling? John Masters?) the
use of 'puggle' as British-soldiers-in-India slang for crazy (or possibly
drunk)--derived from ?Hindi 'pagal'. Unfortunately it's not given in the
invaluable 'Hobson-Jobson: A dictionary of Anglo-Indian'
Lesley
Lesley_Hall@classic.msn.com

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