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a wig, especially a peruke.
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Periwig
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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periwig
1529, perwyke, popular corruption of perruck, from M.Fr. perruque (see peruke).
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periwig
man's wig, especially the type popular from the 17th to the early 19th century. It was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and drawn back on the nape of the neck
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