toupn.
/tuːp/ slang.
= toupee n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > section or lock of
sidelock1530
lock1601
tour1674
snake1676
front1693
bull-tour1724
back-head1731
ramillies tail1782
frontlet1785
frisette1818
toupee1862
postiche1867
switch1870
pin-curl1873
scalpette1881
wig-tail1888
chichi1906
hairpiece1939
fall1943
toup1959
1959 P. Bull I know Face viii. 138 ‘Say, Padre, is that a toup?’ he naïvely enquires.
1973 R. Hayes Hungarian Game xxxiv. 205 He picked a blond wig... He slipped the toup over his gray hair and adjusted it to cover the high forehead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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