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peruke

[puh-rook] / pəˈruk /




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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

“Is that named after Mr. Peruke who invented it?”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Re-enter Dorax, having taken off his Turban, and put on a Peruke, Hat, and Cravat.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Mr. Scrope bathes by Moonlight and in his Peruke.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

They were all three dress'd in plain Apparel, and the Prince, to disguise himself still the more, had conceal'd his brown Hair under a fair Peruke.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von




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