perukier rare.
(pɛrəˈkɪə(r))
[Anglicized form of perruquier.]
A wig-maker. Hence peruˈkiership (nonce-wd.), the office or art of a wig-maker.
| 1822 W. H. Pyne Wine & Walnuts (1824) II. iv. 26 It certainly was a skilful piece of perukiership. 1892 W. B. Scott Autobiog. Notes I. 44 On one side was a perukier with an imposing assembly of law-wigs. |