gooseberry wig

English

Noun

gooseberry wig (plural gooseberry wigs)

  1. (archaic, British slang) A large, frizzled wig.

References
  • [Francis Grose] (1788), “Gooseberry wig”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], OCLC 3138643.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1893) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 3, page 184
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