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bag wigs

bag wigs is the plural of bag wig.

Meaning of bag wig

Noun

bag wig (plural bag wigs)

  1. (historical) An 18th-century wig, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.
    • We conversed in a low tone because a full-dressed gentleman in a bag wig frequently came in and out, and when he did so, we could hear a drawling sound in the distance, which he said was one of the counsel in our case addressing the Lord Chancellor.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

Questions about bag wigs

What is bag wigs the plural of?
Bag wigs is the plural of bag wig.

Words near bag wigs in the dictionary

  1. bag under the eye
  2. bag up
  3. bag valve mask
  4. bag valve masks
  5. bag wig
  6. bag wigs
  7. bag-carrier
  8. bag-carriers
  9. bag-in-box
  10. bag-o'-tricks
  11. bag-o-tricks

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