periwig

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Stroll down Dawson Street toward an aperitif at Peruke & Periwig, a cozy and atmospherically lit bar.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019

With that she lost all Patience, and flew directly at her Husband's Periwig.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Periwig, per′i-wig, n. a peruke or small wig, usually shortened to Wig: an artificial head of hair.—v.t. to dress with a periwig.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The greatest Beau at our next Country Sessions was dressed in a most monstrous Flaxen Periwig, that was made in King William's Reign.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Enter Tickletext with a Periwig and Crevat of Sir Signal's: A Sword by his side, and a dark Lanthorn; she opens hers, looks on him, and goes out.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague