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peruke

/puh-rook/US // pəˈruk //UK // (pəˈruːk) //

珀克,珀尔克,珀科,珀尔科

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon; periwig.

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Examples

  • This statue used to be decked out on the occasion of the procession in the long peruke and neckcloth of the reign of Charles II.

  • There was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke.

  • A shoeblack in the foreground is teaching a poodle to dance; the comical animal's head is decorated with an old peruke.

  • Periwig, per′i-wig, n. a peruke or small wig, usually shortened to Wig: an artificial head of hair.

  • Peruke, per-ūk′, or per′ūk, n. an artificial cap of hair: a periwig—also Perruque.