full-bottomed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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In Britain's courts the awful majesty of the law is made visible by the spaniel-eared, full-bottomed wigs of the robed judges, and by the pigtailed wigs and billowing gowns of learned counsel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Kilmuir, the Lord High Chancellor, draped amid flowing robes, impassive under a full-bottomed wig, came last.
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Six Lord Justices and their Lord President, gorgeous in full-bottomed wigs.
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Next day, in full-bottomed wig, black breeches, silver-buttoned jacket, black silk hose and silver-buckled slippers, Shakes took his place in the high-backed, canopied Speaker's chair.
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It will not be without interest to give a picture of a full-bottomed wig, and we select as an example the one worn by the great Lord Mansfield.
From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William
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