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per⋅i⋅wig

  [per-i-wig]
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–noun
a wig, esp. a peruke.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier perwyke, alter. of MF perruque peruke
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per·i·wig   (pěr'ĭ-wĭg')   
n.  A wig, especially a peruke.

[By folk etymology from Old French perruque; see peruke.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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