gooseberry wig

English

Noun

gooseberry wig (plural gooseberry wigs)

(archaic, British slang) A large, frizzled wig.

References

[Francis Grose] (1788) “Gooseberry wig”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893) “gooseberry wig”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 184.

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