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[syn: periwig, peruke]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peruke \Per"uke\, n. [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr.
L. pilus hair. Cf. Periwig, Wig, Peel to strip off,
Plush, Pile a hair.]
A wig; a periwig.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t.
To dress with a peruke. [R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peruke
n 1: a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th
centuries [syn: periwig, peruke]