Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A partial wig or hairpiece worn to cover a bald spot.
- noun A curl or lock of hair worn during the 1700s as a topknot on a periwig.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A curl or artificial lock of hair, especially on the top of the head or as a sort of crowning feature of a periwig; a periwig having such a top-knot: hence, an artificial patch of hair worn to cover a bald spot or other defect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
- noun A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wig of false hair worn to cover abald spot, especially as worn by aman . - noun obsolete A little
tuft ; acurl orartificial lock ofhair . - noun obsolete A small wig, or a
toppiece of a wig.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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(In his case, the word toupee seems inadequate, since he is sporting much more than just a piece.)
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The man with the toupee is one of the two men "behind the curtain."
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When I uploaded it to Flickr people started commenting on the "toupee" - I got such a giggle out of this!
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It was packed that night with the usual Johnny Quest types: men in toupee’s, fat successful women and skinny loser types, all vying for each other’s attention.
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Note Frank's carefully crafted non-toupee aka comb-over.
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Getting a toupee is the next step for a man desperate to hold on to his youth.
Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007
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Getting a toupee is the next step for a man desperate to hold on to his youth.
Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007
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Getting a toupee is the next step for a man desperate to hold on to his youth.
Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007
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Poor Bill Frist, he was SO pissed, his toupee was askew.
Think Progress » Cheney Approval Nearing Rock Bottom at 19% 2005
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Getting a toupee is the next step for a man desperate to hold on to his youth.
Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007
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