He was a real Pathan mercenary, with iron moustaches and a nose like a hatchet — but he was dressed from top to toe, puggaree,* robe and pyjamas, in the red tartan of the 79th Highlanders!
*Turban.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light, pp.63-4, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.
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