Peruke

Definitions

A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Examples

“To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry⟳ an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.”

“But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder⟳ what it will be like⟳ at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]”

“Let⟳ the long peruke succeed⟳ the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]”

“Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like⟳ conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like⟳ the plumage of an aviary.”

“With a delicate touch⟳, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.”

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