The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wiggery
Wiggery \Wig"ger*y\, n.
A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.]
--A. Trollope.-
Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.]
Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.]
--Carlyle.
Wiktionary
wiggery
n. 1 (context archaic English) A wig or wigs; false hair. 2 (context archaic English) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.