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 William Harrison Ainsworth
The tragedian, soliloquising on his crimes, shows us how wicked we are; you, looking at a pair of lovers from under a scratch wig, show us how ridiculous we are.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
At length the door opened, and an old gentleman appeared in a scratch wig, with an ominously red nose, and clothed in a costume which, in its condition, greatly resembled his habitation.
From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Archibald Webb
To appearance he was mad: he wore upon his poll a motley scratch wig, half white and half black, like Day and Night in masquerades.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
A square, glass lamp hung at the foot of the stairs; and there he encountered a man in a scratch wig, with a long nose flattened at the end.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
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