ˈfull-bottom
[f. full a. + bottom n.]
A full-bottomed wig.
| 1713 Gay Guardian No. 149 ¶5 Little master will smile when you..thrust its little knuckles in papa's full-bottom. 1759 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 169/2 A flaxen full bottom suitable to the age between forty and fifty. 1822 T. Mitchell Aristoph. II. 296 Full-bottom, tie, perriwig, curl, or toupee. |