wigsbyn.
/ˈwɪɡzbi/ slang or colloquial. ? Obsolete.
A jocular appellation for a person wearing a wig.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > one who wears
wigsby1785
wigster1821
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Mr. Wigsby, a man wearing a wig.
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. 337 Tip old wigsby a twitch of the heart, in return for his golden padlock.
1830 H. Ingelo Reminisc. II. 119 I left these two wigsbys, puffed up with pride and self-confidence.
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi The..forms..were borrowed from the chapel: the old wigsby, who had the care of them..doubted the propriety.
Derivatives
ˈwigster n. in same sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > one who wears
wigsby1785
wigster1821
1821 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) VII. 267 He was answered by the aforesaid wigsters, that it was ‘Impossible separer les deux’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
> as lemmas
wigsby
Forming descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc.
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