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Peruke   Listen
noun
Peruke  n.  A wig; a periwig.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Peruke" Quotes from Famous Books



... seeks association and as men are herds by nature, politics became mingled with it. There were struggles with the garde du corps on the steps of the legislative assembly; at the theater, Talma wore a peruke which made him resemble Caesar; every one flocked to the ...
— The Confession of a Child of The Century • Alfred de Musset

... the weighty cap, With sweat and grease discolour'd: then explores The spacious chest, and from its hollow womb Draws his best robe, yet not from tincture free Of age's reverend russet, scant and bare; Then down his meagre visage waving flows The shadowy peruke; crown'd with gummy hat 90 Clean brush'd; a cane supports him. Thus equipp'd He sallies forth; swift traverses the streets, And seeks the lonely walk.—'Hail, sylvan scenes, Ye groves, ye valleys, ye meandering brooks, Admit me ...
— Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside

... Frankfort—also, like Lavater, out on a mission of his own. This was Johann Bernhard Basedow, whose character and career had made him one of the remarkable figures of his time in Germany. Born in Hamburg in 1723, the son of a peruke-maker there, in conduct and opinions he had been at odds with society from the beginning. In middle age he had come under the influence of Rousseau, and thenceforth he made it his mission by word ...
— The Youth of Goethe • Peter Hume Brown



Words linked to "Peruke" :   periwig, wig



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