单词 | major wig |
释义 | > as lemmasmajor wig 2. In full major wig. A full wig tied back in a queue. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > gathered and tied > types of major?1750 brigadier-wigc1770 ?1750 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1877) III. i. 780 Not a Tye, Major or Brig, bespoke. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. liv. 167 His tye-wig degenerated into a major. c1770 J. Granger Lett. (1815) 280 A full wig tied back in one curl is a Major, in two curls is a Brigadier. 1785 Lounger No. 4. An embroidered waistcoat with very large flaps, a major wig, long ruffles nicely plaited. 1823 Mirror of Lit. 12 July 2 115/1 Lander made his [sc. the poet Thomson's] majors and bobs. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 94/1 Major wig, an 18th cent. man's wig style with two tails. 1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 82 Other wigs included..the major (1750s)—called a brigadier in France—adopted by civilians from the military, which had two corkscrew curls tied together to form a double queue. < as lemmas |
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