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poggle, n. and a. slang (orig. Anglo-Ind. colloq.).|ˈpɒg(ə)l|
Also puggle, puggly, pugley.
[ad. Hind. pāgal, paglā (fem. paglī) madman, idiot.]
A. n. A crazy or foolish person, an idiot. ? Obs.
1829J. Shipp Memoirs II. viii. 233 It's true, the people call me, I know not why, the ‘pugley’. 1863‘N. Broughton’ Dawk Bungalow ii. 37, I was foolish enough to pay these hurrumzarders beforehand, and they have thrown me over. I must have been a poggle to do it! 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson 542 Poggle, puggly, etc... Properly Hind. pāgal; a madman, an idiot; often used colloquially by Anglo-Indians.
B. adj. Mentally unbalanced, crazy; also, drunk, mad-drunk.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 225 Poggle (also puggle), mad. An idiot. An old Army term. 1936H. Graham Private Life of Gregory Gorm 229, I can't quite make up my mind whether he is a genius, as some people seem to think, or only slightly poggle. 1971B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 80 A woman in this bloody dump? You're going puggle, Page, that's your trouble! Too much tropical sun. |