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