periwig

• “And the ghost also wears his periwig, which is so ridiculous that any self-respecting spectre would refuse to copy it.”

  The Queen Pedauque

• “Need I say that the periwig is a triumph of the friseur's art? ”

  A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

• “I also hope that it will induce him to adopt French fashions and disregard the periwig.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• “His wife, Anne, who had stopped in to leave some mended costumes and re-curl his periwig he is forever unravelling, dropped a kiss on his forehead.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• “Hart, a man hung on an enormous frame, with thickly waved brown hair although he often wears a periwig, has a booming voice and says he is the great nephew of Shakespeare—but then everybody says that.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• ““Humph,” grumbled Hart non-committally, tugging at his great periwig—new and too mousy for his rosy colouring and ill fitting to boot.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• “He was wearing the most astonishing canary-yellow hat, complete with ostrich plumes and small feathers and velvet ribbons and gold buttons plus an enormous blond periwig with ringlets almost reaching his waist.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• “Grimsley is probably the strongest vocally in the cast and he is menacing despite having to perform such gestures as removing a periwig in preparation for a planned ravishing.”

  SOS

• “I suppose I could weave my own periwig out of the thousands of strands I've recovered over the last few years.”

  Brooks Peters: Why Toupees are Tops!

• “This sounds a lot more like Sammy Glick in a periwig than good old George.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Cherry Tree? Let's Negotiate

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