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Significados de periwig em inglês

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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"
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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
Uso de periwig em inglês
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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
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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
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On Carew's necessary refusal he went mad, and tore Carew's new periwig off.
Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography
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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
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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
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I think the king's great periwig is most beautifully depicted.
Tom Tufton's Travels
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He wears an immense periwig, flowing down over his shoulders.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
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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...
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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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