TOUPEE

toupee|toupet. Toupee, or Toupet, n. an artificial lock of hair

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{ Tou‐pee″ (?; 277), Tou‐pet″ (?; 277) } (?), n. [[F. toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. top. See Top apex, and cf. Topet.]] 1. 1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2. 2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. G. Eliot.