periwig chair
noun
a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.
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Nearby words
- perivasculitis,
- perivesical,
- perivisceral,
- perivisceritis,
- periwig,
- periwinkle,
- perjink,
- perjure,
- perjured,
- perjuredly
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