English

Noun

gooseberry wig ‎(plural gooseberry wigs)

1. (archaic, British slang) A large, frizzled wig.

References

• Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
• Farmer, John Stephen (1893) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 3, page 184