peruke

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈɹuːk/

Noun

peruke (plural perukes)

1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:

     But now at thirty years my hair is grey— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day—) [...].

   • 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books 2011, p. 135:

     With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.

Translations

• French: perruque
• German: Perücke
• Italian: parrucca
• Portuguese: peruca
• Russian: пари́к
• Spanish: peluca

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