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Significats de periwig (periwigs) en anglès

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A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Ús de periwigs en anglès
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But in that age of periwigs this misfortune was of little importance.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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She saw him scribbling upon curl-papers instead of attending to his periwigs.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
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My Cousin Tom and I wore our own hair, and no periwigs.
Oddsfish!
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Of these, three were small periwigs worth but a pound apiece.
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
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Look ye at them, with their white faces and their swords and periwigs!
His Grace of Osmonde / Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Lif...
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In time there were no more swords, three-cornered hats, or periwigs in The Street.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
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Alas, all he could make out were a lot of blokes in white periwigs.
The system of the world
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May, surveyor of the works, in long periwigs, as spectators of Christ healing the sick.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12,...
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Good lord, but why did English men insist on wearing those hideous periwigs on their heads?
Seduced by a highlander
10
The Peers at a conference begin to pommel each other and to tear collars and periwigs.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
11
He had heard too much talk of periwigs not to feel resolved to wear one himself.
Tom Tufton's Travels
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We have directed attention to the large periwigs, and given a portrait of the Earl of Albemarle wearing one.
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History
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You must know, the ladies of Norfolk universally wear periwigs, and affirm that it is the fashion at London.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
14
In the place of conical hats and muskets there were three-cornered hats and small-swords, and lace and snowy periwigs.
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
15
Embroidered garments of showy colors, enormous periwigs, gold-laced hats, and silver-hilted swords glided past him and dazzled his optics.
The Snow Image
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There were straws, I confess, in the hair of the older poets; the eighteenth-century men stuck straws in their periwigs.
Hearts of Controversy
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