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Wiggery

Wiggery \Wig"ger*y\, n.

  1. A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.]
    --A. Trollope.

  2. Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.]

    Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.]
    --Carlyle.

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wiggery

n. 1 (context archaic English) A wig or wigs; false hair. 2 (context archaic English) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.