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  • At first I thought, in my horror, that I had drawn the whole top of the unfortunate spinster's head off; but a second frightened look showed me that it was only her scalpette, or false front, or whatever the dear creatures call a half-wig, all frizzes and crimps.

    The Blunders of a Bashful Man Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858

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