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peruke
noun as in toupee
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noun as in wig
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Example Sentences
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.
There was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke.
A shoeblack in the foreground is teaching a poodle to dance; the comical animal's head is decorated with an old peruke.
Periwig, per′i-wig, n. a peruke or small wig, usually shortened to Wig: an artificial head of hair.
Peruke, per-ūk′, or per′ūk, n. an artificial cap of hair: a periwig—also Perruque.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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