Bagwig vs. Wig — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Bagwig and Wig
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Bagwig
A wig with the back hair encased in a small silk sack, worn in the 18th century.
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Wig
A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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Bagwig
A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.
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Wig
An artificial covering of natural or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.
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Wig
To scold or censure.
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Wig
A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
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Wig
A bigwig
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Wig
An old seal.
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Wig
To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
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Wig
To upbraid, reprimand.
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Wig
To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically.
That guy must be high. Look how he's wigging.
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Wig
To shoot in the head.
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Wig
A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
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Wig
An old seal; - so called by fishermen.
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Wig
To censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.
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Wig
Hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair
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Wig
British slang for a scolding
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