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#87270
11/19/2002 1:54 AM
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Simple one. What is the word for a wig-maker?
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#87271
11/19/2002 2:02 AM
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Le perruquier (The perriwig-maker)
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#87272
11/19/2002 2:08 AM
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Hi, Sweetie, guess I'm first in for a change. Here's one: "CHIFFONIER - wig maker or ragpicker...". This is from a site that is no longer "in service", but here 'tis anyway. http:// http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo08.htm Here's another: A perute maker was another name for wig maker. From http://mysite.freeserve.com/scottows/page2.htmlEdit--AUGH! Dr. Bill, you snuck in ahead of me!
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#87273
11/19/2002 2:24 AM
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Dear Jackie: I regret appearing to be pushy. I previously knew "chiffonier" only as a piece
of furniture. I did also find it at same site about colonial occupation titles, with the
definition you gave. I have heard wigs called "rugs" but only in jest.
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#87274
11/19/2002 2:47 AM
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I'll bet that word 'perute' should have been perruque, Dr. Bill. Thanks for the cue. [grumble--elbowed aside by an octogenarian...what next...grumble...] 
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#87275
11/19/2002 5:49 AM
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"Wig" is peruca in Portuguese, if anyone wants to know (often helps with Latin etymology).
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#87276
11/19/2002 11:19 AM
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#87277
11/23/2002 8:03 PM
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In Spanish, the word for wig is peluca and a wig maker is known as a peluquero/a, the same name given to barbers. My dictionary says that peluca comes from the Latin perruca.
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#87278
11/25/2002 3:22 AM
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Ok. So is there a word for a wigmaker who specializes in merkins?
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