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peruke

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pe·ruke  (p-rk)
n.
A wig, especially one worn by men in the 17th and 18th centuries; a periwig.
[French perruque, from Old French, head of hair, from Old Italian perrucca.]
peruke
Noun
Historical a wig for men worn in the 17th and 18th centuries [French perruque]
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Noun1.perukeperuke - a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
periwig
wig - hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair


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His head was covered with a peruke, so daintily powdered and adjusted that it would have been sacrilege to disorder it with a hat; which, therefore (and it was a gold-laced hat, set off with a snowy feather), he carried beneath his arm.
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