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Definition of False hair
1. Noun. A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment.
Specialized synonyms: Afro-wig, Switch, Toupe, Toupee, Wig
Generic synonyms: Attire, Dress, Garb
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Hair
Literary usage of False hair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws of Health in Relation to the Human Form by Daniel Garrison Brinton, George Henry Napheys (1870)
"The most crabbed moralist, we presume, will hardly object to false hair in ...
Women are quite right to wear what amount of false hair they need to dress ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Í. 3. a) to the false hair worn by Cyrus's grandfather " as is customary among the
... The fashionable ladies of Rome were much addicted to false hair, ..."
3. The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A Social Sketch of the Times by John Ashton (1906)
"Ladies' dress—French costume — Madame Recamier — The classical style— "Progress
of the toilet"—false hair—Hair-dresser's advertisement—Th« Royal Family and ..."
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