bob wig

See also: bobwig

English

Noun

bob wig (plural bob wigs)

A short wig with bobs or short curls.
- 1711 August 8 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “SATURDAY, July 28, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 129; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  Upon our way from hence we saw a young fellow riding towards us full gallop, with a bob wig and a black silken bag tied to it.

Synonyms

bob jerom
bobtail wig

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bob wig”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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