peruke

A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck.

“That would be nice. I think you will look darling in a peruke.”

For my part I prefer the snows of life’s winter to the best made peruke, and even a bald head to an inferior wig.

Having lapsed into a worldly mind again, he thus addresses Tabitha: “Shall I, who am to ride the purple dromedary, go dressed like Revelation Fats, the basket-maker?—Give me the peruke, boy!”

He was a tall, stout man, wearing a large black peruke and a lace cravat and ruffles; and he carried a steel-hilted sword, and had somehow the bearing of one who had seen service abroad.