Definitions

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  • noun A small wig

Etymologies

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wig +‎ -let

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Examples

  • My mother delighted in towering over him, wearing her hair in an upsweep, donning a wiglet for extra height, and then topping it all off with a hat—not some discreet cloche or beret but a plumed number with feathers soaring six inches up into the air.

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • OMG, I didnt even know what a wiglet was and oh man, was I ever hoping that my stab-in-the-dark guess was wrong...

    I Maded You a Widget But I Forgotted It - A Dress A Day 2009

  • The first time I saw a wiglet, I was with my mom in a beauty parlor in the 1970s.

    I Maded You a Widget But I Forgotted It - A Dress A Day 2009

  • A silver lame number with impossible décolletage, my "Carmella Soprano" fur, diamond bunny necklace, a wiglet straight out of Valley of the Dolls, and matching Birkenstocks.

    Susie Bright: The Catties: Susie's Red Carpet Awards 2008

  • Then the wiglet, or transformation, was plastered over the front part, and Miss Blake's Sunday hat, which is of a very brisk character, with half a blue bird in it, was placed on top of everything.

    New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

  • Then the wiglet, or transformation, was plastered over the front part, and Miss

    New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune 1891

  • When she died, I took a lock of it and bound it with the flowers from a party dress she wore in 1928 and buried that with her, but I still have this damn wiglet.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • A blended wiglet of a 737-800 Most 737 cockpits are equipped with "eyebrow windows" positioned above the main glare shield.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • This kid does not need a wiglet or fall or any other kind of clip on hair piece she has a lot of her own hair and hopefully Irina won't succumb to pressure from any other pageant vendors.

    TVgasm Recaps TVannie 2009

  • I'm having a dilemma right now though and that is whether I should wear the wiglet with curls to that media circus today or the pile of fluff which adds to my height?

    Crooks and Liars 2008

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  • A small wig.

    July 3, 2008