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periwig
per·i·wig [ pérrə wìg ] (plural per·i·wigs)


noun 
Definition:
 
man's wig: a wig, especially of the kind that men wore in the 17th and 18th centuries
[Early 16th century. Alteration of an earlier form of peruke]
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