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Webster 1913 Edition


Tiewig

Tie′wigˊ

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Noun.
A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.
Wright. V. Knox.

Definition 2024


tiewig

tiewig

English

Noun

tiewig (plural tiewigs)

  1. A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.
  2. A wig that is tied upon the head.
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    • Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings
      A pragmatical pleader, as soon as he has thrown a tiewig over his toupee, [is equalled] to a Coke or a Littleton.