Synonyms for periwig

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-i-wig

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr ɪˌwɪg

Définition of periwig

Origin : 1520s, perwyke, popular corruption of perruck, from Middle French perruque (see peruke).

As in toupee : noun wig
As in wig : noun hairpiece

Example sentences :

We looked high and low, on the seats and beneath them, but not a sign of the periwig was there.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He looked him over from the soles of his riding-boots to the crown of his periwig.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

I wonder shall history ever pull off her periwig and cease to be Court-ridden?
Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask

The colour of his hair could not be discovered, as, according to the fashion, he wore a periwig.
Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott

Ti wears a periwig of a different kind from that of 204Ra-nefer.
Extract from : « A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) » by Georges Perrot

The shaved Mohammedans of our day replace the periwig with the turban.
Extract from : « A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) » by Georges Perrot

Come, come, it would be but a bald world, but that it weares a periwig.
Extract from : « Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets » by Various

The periwig first appears in history as the headgear of a fool.
Extract from : « Chats on Costume » by G. Woolliscroft Rhead

Belay the binnacle and part the ship's periwig abaft the main-mast!
Extract from : « Lochinvar » by S. R. Crockett

His barber agrees to keep his periwig in order for £1 a year.
Extract from : « English Costume » by Dion Clayton Calthrop

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