peruke
noun
a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.
peruked
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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
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 Thomas Carlyle
What judge, peruked by day, could so contain his learned locks?
From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
