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toupee

noun

tou·​pee tü-ˈpā How to pronounce toupee (audio)
1
: a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot
2
: a curl or lock of hair made into a topknot on a periwig or natural coiffure
also : a periwig with such a topknot

Example Sentences

the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off
Recent Examples on the Web Don’t want surgery but not prepared to shave your dome or stoop to a toupee? Horacio Silva, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Some caterpillars resemble a walking toupee or dust bunny, like the flannel moths (another no-touch group). Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022 The account posted that a star with a huge female following was actually bald and wore a toupee. Charley Ross, Glamour, 14 July 2022 According to a new report from Mastercard, toupee and wig store sales increased by 75 percent for the period May 2020 to 2021, compared to February 2019 to February 2020. NBC News, 6 July 2021 The Colombian man reportedly caught smuggling cocaine under a badly fitting toupee may have been outdone. Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 July 2019 Ten of the crumbling craters now sport bright green turf toupees. Henry Brean, azcentral, 1 Feb. 2020 At Roddenberry's insistence, Stewart did the audition wearing a toupee, which the actor FedExed in from England. Bill Higgins, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2020 With his bushy blond toupee, exaggerated eyebrows and walrus-like mustache, Mr. Taylor was a striking presence. Lindsey Behr, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

French toupet forelock, from Old French, diminutive of top, toup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zopf tuft of hair — more at top entry 1

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of toupee was in 1728

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