wig
noun
Origin
Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!
Phrases
- bag wig
- bald wig
- blow one's wig
- bob wig
- campaign wig
- Cleopatra wig
- curly wig
- flip one's wig
- wig on to
- wig onto
- wig out
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