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Meanings of peruke in английском

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Wig worn by men from the 17th to early 19th centuries.

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        Usage of peruke in английском
        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
        6
        He was in coloured clothes, a silk doublet, flowing peruke, and boots and spurs.
        Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
        7
        Nodding his peruke, the king promised to render him contented.
        Droll Stories — Volume 1
        8
        She plucks off her peruke, and puts it on again when he knows her.
        The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
        9
        Then he exchanged his own peruke and hat for the shabby ones of the coachman.
        The Nameless Castle
        10
        It was adopted by the exquisites of Vienna, and called "the Kaunitz peruke."]
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        11
        But Tom would not be denied the fashionable peruke.
        Tom Tufton's Travels
        12
        He wore a peruke, and his hat upon that.
        Oddsfish!
        13
        It consisted of a boy's soiled dress, an old peruke, and an old felt hat.
        Marie Antoinette and Her Son
        14
        But I have a peruke to take to a client who lives hard by Snowe Hill.
        Tom Tufton's Travels
        15
        If he who wears a peruke is more to be feared than he who wears none?
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
        16
        Fashion had changed; the peruke was no longer in favour, and only worn to a limited extent.
        At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History
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