tiewig

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noun

A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.

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Meanings

nountiewig (plural tiewigs)

plural tiewigs

  1. A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up.
  2. A wig that is tied upon the head; a court-wig tied with ribbon at the back.

    A pragmatical pleader, as soon as he has thrown a tiewig over his toupee, [is equalled] to a Coke or a Littleton.

    1788, Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings

Origin

From tie + wig.

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APA

tiewig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiewig

MLA

“tiewig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiewig. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiewig,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiewig.

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