wigmaker
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- noun
- /ˈwɪɡˌmeɪkər/
- Where do you suppose all the wigmakers in London go to obtain their hair?
- wigmaker by trade
Examples
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Some of them, I even understand, become makeup experts... ...hire wigmakers and things like that.
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For example, students can listen to a reenactment of Thomas Jefferson's reading of the Declaration of Independence or to a maker or wigmaker discussing his trade.
Academic text (2007) -
She is the wife of a Paris wigmaker.
Fiction book (1992) -
We shall set you up as a wigmaker's apprentice.
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Why don't you go on about the wigmakers?
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Damn, I wish I could remember where—anyway, it was about these makeup experts some of them use—wigmakers, people like that.
Fiction book (1997) -
By 1765, a recently arrived immigrant from northern England, Richard Charlton, a wigmaker by trade, had transformed the building into a bustling coffeehouse, a place where politically active Virginians gathered to engage in caffeine-fueled conversation and debate.
Academic text (2011) -
My mother found a talented wigmaker who created a custom wig just for her.
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The wigmaker displayed various styles of wigs at the local fair, attracting many customers.
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After years of experience, he became known as the best wigmaker in the city.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wigmaker is simply wig + maker. Wig is a short form of periwig, an old word for a 'false hair' or hairpiece, and maker means 'one who makes', so a wigmaker is someone who makes and sells wigs.