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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Wigged out #87270 11/19/2002 1:54 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Simple one. What is the word for a wig-maker? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87271 11/19/2002 2:02 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Le perruquier (The perriwig-maker) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87272 11/19/2002 2:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky 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.html Edit--AUGH! Dr. Bill, you snuck in ahead of me! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87273 11/19/2002 2:24 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87274 11/19/2002 2:47 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky 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...] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87275 11/19/2002 5:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Wig" is peruca in Portuguese, if anyone wants to know (often helps with Latin etymology). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Word for wig-maker #87276 11/19/2002 11:19 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 How bout wig-maker? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Word for wig-maker #87277 11/23/2002 8:03 PM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Wigged out #87278 11/25/2002 3:22 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Ok. 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