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

In the same Place I observed a young Fellow with a tolerable Periwig, had it not been covered with a Hat that was shaped in the Ramillie Cock.

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

Of these, then, I take Mayana and Periwig to beat the field.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Amidst this sweet affair, Arrived a person very big, Ycleped Sir Nincom Periwig.

From A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine by Billinghurst, Percy J.

He brought in a Damask Window- Curtain, a Hoop-Petticoat, a pair of Silver Candlesticks, a Periwig, and one Silk Stocking, from the Fire that happen'd last Night.

From The Beggar's Opera by Gay, John