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peruke

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6 lettersPronunciation /pəˈɹuːk/Part of speech nounSorted eekpruStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

Word origin

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

Used in a sentence

  • To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.
  • But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]
  • Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]

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