WIGGERY

Etymology

Noun

wiggery (plural wiggeries)

(archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.

(archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.

Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts].

Source: Wiktionary


Wig"ger*y, n.

1. A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.] A. Trollope.

2. Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.] Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.] Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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