ProphetesAI is thinking...
bag-wig
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
bag-wig
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, ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Necktie
This was known as the bag-wig hairstyle, and the neckwear worn with it was the stock.
The solitaire was a variation of the bag wig.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
wig
▪ I. wig, n.1 Now dial. (wɪg) Forms: 4–6 wygge, 5–8 wigg, 6–7 wigge, (8 whigg, 8–9 whig), 7– wig. [a. MLG., MDu. wigge (Westphalian wigge, Du. wig) wedge, wedge-shaped cake, by-form of MLG. etc. wegge (see wedge n.).] A kind of bun or small cake made of fine flour.1376 Munim. Gildh. Lond. (Rolls) II...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Almack's
Almack's Scotch face, in a bag-wig, waiting at Supper, would divert you, as would his lady in a sack, making tea and curtseying to the duchesses.'
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
jaunty
▪ I. jaunty, a. (ˈdʒɔːntɪ) Forms: α. 7 jentee, juntee, shauntee, 7–8 jante(e, jauntee, 8 jantée, 8–9 janté. β. (7 ganty), 7–9 janty, 8 jantie, 8– jaunty. [First found in 17th c., in forms jantee (in 8 also jantée, janté) and janty, anglicized phonetic representations of F. gentil (pronounced ʒɑ̃ti),...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
bag
▪ I. bag, n. (bæg) Forms: 3–7 bagge, 6–7 bagg, 4– bag. [Early ME. bagge: cf. ON. baggi ‘bag, pack, bundle’ (not elsewhere in Teutonic); also OF. bague, Pr. bagua baggage, med.L. baga chest, sack. The Eng. was possibly from the ON.; but the source of this, as well as of the Romanic words, is unknown;...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai