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bagwig

bagwig is the alternative form 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

Forms of bagwig

pluralbagwigs

Questions about bagwig

What is bagwig the alternative form of?
Bagwig is the alternative form of bag wig.

Words near bagwig in the dictionary

  1. Bagumbuhay
  2. Bagundji
  3. Bagut
  4. bagwash
  5. Bagwell
  6. bagwig
  7. bagwigged
  8. bagwigs
  9. bagwoman
  10. bagwomen
  11. bagwork

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