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Definition of Toupees
1. toupee [n] - See also: toupee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toupees
Literary usage of Toupees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Catalogue of the New-York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
"13 Specimens of ventilated and gossamer hair-work, wigs und toupees. ... WA SEARS,
currier, 88 Spruce street, New-York City. 22 Wigs, toupees and ..."
2. Quarterly Review (1810)
"Enough too of the Madras proclamation,—in which, be it remarked, there is not a
word about turbans and toupees; in which the whole and sole cause ..."
3. Specimens of English Prose Style: From Malory to Macaulay by George Saintsbury (1885)
"Nevertheless, how many toupees and ... toupees. Stuoli wigs, or even arrangements
of the natural hair, with tufts in front. ..."
4. The Oration on the Thirteenth Anniversary of the American Institute by Cyrus Mason (1840)
"... Wigs and toupees. William Dibblee, 271 Broadway, for the second best specimen of
... for the best specimen of ladies' bead dressing wis-s and toupees. ..."
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