peruke

Example Sentences

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It may sound like a fairly coarse insult to be bandied about after a couple of ciders, but a nob-thatcher was someone who made perukes, or men's wigs.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

According to some estimates, they now spend as much as $100 million a year on hairpieces, and their passion for perukes gave a lift to the wigmaking industry of Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cloaks and perukes are all very well, but what artist in this century has made anything of the dull flaps and tubes that constitute a business suit?

From Time Magazine Archive

From a letter written by Knollys to Cecil we learn that Mary Queen of Scots wore these perukes.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

Artificial hair, for the manufacture of perukes, is dyed in the same manner as wool.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus