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wiglet

[ wig-lit ]

noun

  1. a small wig, especially one used to supplement the existing hair.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wiglet1

First recorded in 1825–35; wig + -let
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Example Sentences

One mother went around doing wiglet checks to make sure the wigs were tight enough.

Then, wiggling her new light brown wiglet, Mrs. Romney let the ladies in on another secret: "It's the first time I haven't been all me."

He gained patients, and cured them too; made money; invested successfully; bought a brown-stone front—a house, not a wiglet—then bought other real estate; began to put his name on charity subscription lists, and to be made vice-president of various things.

Then the wiglet, or transformation, was plastered over the front part, and Miss Blake's Sunday hat, which is of a very brisk character, with half a blue bird in it, was placed on top of everything.

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