perruque

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She had discarded the terrifying perruque, and her own hair, snowy-white, was puffed and curled about the little face, which was finely powdered and slightly rouged.

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  • She had discarded the terrifying perruque, and her own hair, snowy-white, was puffed and curled about the little face, which was finely powdered and slightly rouged. —  The Hawk of Egypt
  • A priceless bit of lace hid her own white locks, free for the night of the outrageous perruque which covered them by day and which lay at the moment hidden in its box A pair of crimson bed-slippers peeped from under the bed, another pair, absurdly small, outrageously high-heeled, buckled and crimson, made a splash of colour near the dressing-table. —  The Hawk of Egypt
  • Skip for a moment the Restoration and the perruque, skip the cropped polls of the Roundheads; with this you are in full Charles I Go, lovely Rose Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows When I resemble her to thee How sweet and fair she seems to be What vision of what singer does that evoke? —  In a Green Shade A Country Commentary
  • The Restoration was a time of carnival when, if the men were overdressed, the ladies were underdressed; and the perruque was a part of the masquerade. —  In a Green Shade A Country Commentary
  • Quand je secoue ma perruque, he used to say, je poudre toute la republique! —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828
 

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