full-bottomed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He must remember to wear his girdle, scarf, tippet, beaver hat, full-bottomed wig, ermine-trimmed hood & mantle on State occasions or when attending St. Paul's Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Six Lord Justices and their Lord President, gorgeous in full-bottomed wigs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their Perukes are long, full-bottomed, and very well Powdered; and they usually carry their Caps in their Hands.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
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