wiggeryn.
/ˈwɪɡəri/ 1. Wigs or false hair collectively; the practice of wearing a wig.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun]
wiggery1775
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair
chevelure1470
heartbreaker1654
wig1675
tête1756
wiggery1775
transformation1901
1775 C. Sturges Let. 12 July in Lett. between Granger & Lit. Men (1805) 168 Dr. Loveday shewed me your waggery upon wiggery.
1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 59 When I contemplate the Female wiggery, whether it be Roman or Athenian.
1866 A. Trollope Claverings iii He had lost the hair from the crown of his head, and had preferred wiggery to baldness.
2. Used by Carlyle for: Empty formality (in legal proceedings), ‘red tape’.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > empty formality in proceedings
wiggery1843
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 178 There is yet in venerable wigged Justice some wisdom, amid such mountains of wiggeries and folly.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. ix. 131 Long lawsuit,..lengthy law-pleadings, and much parchment and wiggery.
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