bag-wig
(ˈbægˈwɪg)
(Also as two words.)
A wig fashionable in the 18th century, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.
| 1717 S. Centlivre Bold Stroke iii. i, Now must Bag Wig and Bus'ness come in Play; A Thirty-Thousand-Pound Girl leads the Way. 1766 Anstey Bath Guide x. 60 Bag-wig, and lac'd Ruffles, and black Solitaire. 1850 W. Irving Goldsm. xxv. 252 Walking the Strand in grand array with bag-wig and sword. |
Hence bag-wigged, a., wearing a bag-wig.
| 1775 Sheridan St. Patr. Day ii. iv. (1883) 236 Pig-tailed lawyers and bag-wigged attorneys. |