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- noun Plural form of
periwig .
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Examples
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Referring in his "Diary" to one of his visits to his hairdresser, Pepys says, "I did try two or three borders and periwigs, meaning to wear one, and yet I have no stomach for it; but that the pains of keeping my hair clean is great.
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History William Andrews 1878
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He favored gray court periwigs, an English fashion going out of favor in America.28
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He favored gray court periwigs, an English fashion going out of favor in America.28
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He favored gray court periwigs, an English fashion going out of favor in America.28
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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He favored gray court periwigs, an English fashion going out of favor in America.28
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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In pubs, smoking parlors, and coffeehouses—in “close, clouded, hot, narcotic rooms”—men in periwigs, stockings, and lace ruffs gathered through the day and night to pull smoke from pipes and cigars or sniff snuff from decorated boxes.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In pubs, smoking parlors, and coffeehouses—in “close, clouded, hot, narcotic rooms”—men in periwigs, stockings, and lace ruffs gathered through the day and night to pull smoke from pipes and cigars or sniff snuff from decorated boxes.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In pubs, smoking parlors, and coffeehouses—in “close, clouded, hot, narcotic rooms”—men in periwigs, stockings, and lace ruffs gathered through the day and night to pull smoke from pipes and cigars or sniff snuff from decorated boxes.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Aside from breeches and periwigs, the only things we're lacking today are gaols, disease-ridden garrets, and gallows, which did help thin the ranks of scribblers.
An Althouse blog fund-raiser. Ann Althouse 2009
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John Cheever was fond of pointing out that the abomination of periwigs "is in the nature of literature," and it seems he was taught to emulate such virtue on his father's knee.
'Cheever: A Life' 2009
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