scratch wig

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scratch wig (plural scratch wigs)

  1. A short wig that covers only part of the head.
    • 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 26 March:
      He was himself in a most odious scratch Wig, which Nobody but himself could dare be seen in […].
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