peruke

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A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck.

From BBC

For my part I prefer the snows of life’s winter to the best made peruke, and even a bald head to an inferior wig.

From Project Gutenberg

Having lapsed into a worldly mind again, he thus addresses Tabitha: “Shall I, who am to ride the purple dromedary, go dressed like Revelation Fats, the basket-maker?—Give me the peruke, boy!”

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He was a tall, stout man, wearing a large black peruke and a lace cravat and ruffles; and he carried a steel-hilted sword, and had somehow the bearing of one who had seen service abroad.

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Mrs. Archer went softly up to the maker of perukes, and whispered something in his ear.

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