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Bagwig

Bagwig \Bag"wig"\, n. A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.

Usage examples of "bagwig".

Light tannish hair curled about his long face, hinting of some attention to direct it thus, and was tied in a bagwig at the base of his neck.

He was dressed plainly for traveling in brown velvet, lightly laced with gold, and a gray bagwig, but simplicity did not diminish his presence.

Discarding the scented powder that had been made available, he combed his black hair into a bagwig at the nape of his neck and brushed it smooth before the looking glass.

Behind the counter, a man in a cheap bagwig looked up from a sheaf of papers.

The man in the shoddy bagwig waved her aside with the back of his hand.

Even in London, his beribboned bagwig would look ridiculous on so small a man.