hair·piece

[hair-pees]
noun
a toupee.

Origin:
1935–40; hair + piece

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hairpiece (ˈhɛəˌpiːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a wig or toupee
2.  Also called: postiche a section of extra hair attached to a woman's real hair to give it greater bulk or length

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Hairpiece is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
Finally, a thin, highly-polished mammal bone found near the head apparently was
  a hairpiece.
The seller is about sixty, brick-red complexion, white hairpiece.
Not a cloud in the sky, or a hairpiece out of place.
Soon he takes to wearing a ridiculous hairpiece to disguise the truth that he's
  balding.
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