peruked
- a word derived from peruke.
Example Sentences
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In 1792 James Hewitt settled in Manhattan, where he conducted concerts for the peruked and crinolined promenaders at Delacroix's Vaux Hall Gardens.
From Time Magazine Archive
What judge, peruked by day, could so contain his learned locks?
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
This insulted Orson is swinging a tremendous club upon the little peruked ribboned high gentleman, promenading loftily in his preserves yonder!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Carlyle, Thomas
