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toupee

[too-pay] / tuˈpeɪ /


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They were an odd pair: The middle-aged man, wearing a wool overcoat and what looked like an ill-fitting gray toupee, barely spoke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

A less risky head adjustment — the remarkable return of the toupee.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Boxer Fabio Wardley posted "don't worry I'll keep it safe" with a video of the toupee on the seat beside him, while Skye Nicolson, external also posed with it on her head.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

I didn’t see a horse until 1984 when I got to work the Derby as a reporter for the first time and witnessed the wind carrying Howard Cosell’s toupee aloft.

From Salon ● May 4, 2024

Andy’s toupee flew off his head; it sailed into the distance.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Plus, big banks ace an annual stress test, and more bald men shake their heads at hair transplants and toupees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

It said teams were finding new blockages each day caused by unsuitable items, but having to root out troublesome toupees from drains was a "new one for us".

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023

From felted faces to crocheted toupees, that angry little mug has clearly inspired the crafting community.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2018

You can go home again, maybe, if you’re willing to tolerate toupees.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2016

In reading the pages of the Tatler, we seem as if suddenly carried back to the age of Queen Anne, of toupees and full-bottomed periwigs.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin




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