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tiewig

tiewig noun: a wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.

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; a court-wig tied with ribbon at the back.
    • A pragmatical pleader, as soon as he has thrown a tiewig over his toupee, [is equalled] to a Coke or a Littleton.1788, Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings

Forms of tiewig

pluraltiewigs

Origin of tiewig

From tie + wig.

Words formed from tiewig

Questions about tiewig

What does tiewig mean?
Tiewig means a wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.
What part of speech is tiewig?
Tiewig is a noun.
What is the plural of tiewig?
The plural of tiewig is tiewigs.

Words near tiewig in the dictionary

  1. Tietze syndrome
  2. Tietzes
  3. Tieu
  4. Tieus
  5. tieves
  6. tiewig
  7. tiewigged
  8. tiewigs
  9. Tiexi
  10. tieze
  11. tiezed

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