scratch wig
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scratch wig
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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He wore a three-cornered hat, a sandy-coloured scratch wig, and had a thick woollen wrapper folded round his throat.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
O'Connell, 'a well-doing country shopkeeper with a bottle-green frock and brown scratch wig....
From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.
She saw the slender lawyer with the brown coat 149worn shiny, the scratch wig tied with its black wisp of silk, and the black bag in his hand.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
They were all stout ill-favoured men, attired in the regular jail-livery of scratch wig and snuff-coloured suit; and had all a strong family likeness to each other.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
From my tub I had previously taken an old scratch wig and a small box of phosphorus paste, for which I have a certain use.
From At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear by Munroe, Kirk
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