Thread: Canvey man left in coma after beaten round head in Thailand

I wouldn't fight you to the death on the etymology of the term but by inclination I would tend towards the old naval expression coming first followed by the later Victorian derivative meaning something else or perhaps a simple misspelling. I have seen it sourced as an anglicisation of Touareg but I think that is quite apocryphal, not least because our empire didn't have much to do with those johnnies.