peruke

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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

Michel Le Royer plays the teen-age major general as a cross between Nelson Eddy and Prince Valiant; he wears a blond pageboy bob and glow-in-the-dark dentures, while everyone else has a blue-rinsed peruke.

From Time Magazine Archive

To John Singleton Copley is attributed a likeness of Washington as an elegant young Colonial of 25, an 18th Century dandy in a tightly curled peruke and lace ruff.

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