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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to peruke, such as: hairpiece, periwig, postiche, rug, false hair, and hair extension.
How to use peruke in a sentence
This statue used to be decked out on the occasion of the procession in the long peruke and neckcloth of the reign of Charles II.
THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALESEDWIN SIDNEY HARTLANDThere was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke.
AUDREYMARY JOHNSTONA shoeblack in the foreground is teaching a poodle to dance; the comical animal's head is decorated with an old peruke.
ROWLANDSON THE CARICATURIST. FIRST VOLUMEJOSEPH GREGOPeriwig, per′i-wig, n. a peruke or small wig, usually shortened to Wig: an artificial head of hair.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSPeruke, per-ūk′, or per′ūk, n. an artificial cap of hair: a periwig—also Perruque.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSBut the practice of copying French fashions gave rise to the monstrous periwig, a corruption of perruque or peruke.
A HANDBOOK OF PICTORIAL HISTORYHENRY W. DONALDPerhaps it is to his experience in the latter capacity that the hardness and "peruke-like" regularity of his waves are due.
A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, VOLUME I, FOREIGN SCHOOLSVARIOUSThe peruke reaching the middle of the loins could not be suitable to men in haste to accomplish a work of destruction.
LEADING ARTICLES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTSHUGH MILLERThough the use of wigs is extremely ancient, the origin, which is customarily ascribed to the peruke, is interesting.
THE HERITAGE OF DRESSWILFRED MARK WEBBFads and peculiarities and even deformities of Royalty, as we saw in the case of the peruke, have introduced fashions.
THE HERITAGE OF DRESSWILFRED MARK WEBBWORDS RELATED TO PERUKE
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