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Meanings of periwig in English

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

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Examples for "peruke"
Examples for "peruke"
1
Jacques had taken off the mask and peruke of Goodman Cholera.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 09
2
Another paid thirty louis d'or for the peruke of the king.
Marie Antoinette and Her Son
3
With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.
Anno Dracula
4
The old hussar gave a grim look to the emperor, and raised his peruke.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
5
His Excellency shook his majestic peruke, and echoed the lady.
"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty
Usage of periwig in English
1
It went without saying that the Earl of Hollesley wore a periwig.
The system of the world
2
His great black periwig was as sedulously curled as any at Whitehall.
Captain Blood
3
He wore a great brown periwig that set off his rosy face.
Oddsfish!
4
The composer picked up his staff from the floor and righted his periwig.
The system of the world
5
This is not so cumbrous as a periwig we have noticed.
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History
6
He wore a dark and thick periwig that set off a grublike complexion.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
7
They had even managed to scare up a periwig for him.
The system of the world
8
On Carew's necessary refusal he went mad, and tore Carew's new periwig off.
Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography
9
Next to him sits a gentleman in a black periwig.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings / With D...
10
A glance at your periwig tells me your fortunes have in no wise improved.
The system of the world
11
Then he understood it was nothing more than Leibniz's periwig.
The system of the world
12
Hind, acquitted with apologies, fetched from his lodging the disguise of periwig and beard.
A Book of Scoundrels
13
I think the king's great periwig is most beautifully depicted.
Tom Tufton's Travels
14
He wears an immense periwig, flowing down over his shoulders.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
15
I wonder shall History ever pull off her periwig and cease to be court-ridden?
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
16
Swords were worn by the gallants, and the periwig was seen everywhere in high society.
With Marlborough to Malplaquet: A Story of the Reign of Queen An...
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