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peruke

[puh-rook] / pəˈruk /




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

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

The leading man, Charles Macklin, decided to pick a fight about a peruke with his fellow actor, Thomas Hallam.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

One, wearing an 18th century peruke and still clutching a dueling pistol, is Colonel Alexander Hamilton.

From Time Magazine Archive

A year later he was wearing a barrister's white peruke in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

I didn’t know what a peruke was, and I didn’t want to ask.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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