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fright-wig

fright-wig is the alternative form of fright wig.

Meaning of fright wig

Noun

fright wig (plural fright wigs)

  1. A wig, usually worn for humorous or novelty effect, having voluminous, frizzy, long hair, suggesting the hair "standing on end" of a person who is extremely frightened or who has experienced a powerful electric shock.
    • There's an awfulness about the voice of a blood-maddened club-swingin' mob; it lifts your scalp like a fright wig, particularly if you are the clubee.c. 1920, Rex Ellingwood Beach, A Bitter Root Billingsrbiter

Forms of fright-wig

pluralfright-wigs

Questions about fright-wig

What is fright-wig the alternative form of?
Fright-wig is the alternative form of fright wig.

Words near fright-wig in the dictionary

  1. friggs up
  2. fright
  3. fright disease
  4. fright wig
  5. fright wigs
  6. fright-wig
  7. fright-wigs
  8. frightable
  9. frighted
  10. frighten
  11. frighten the horses

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