wiggery

noun

wig·​gery

-gərē,

-ri

plural -es

1

: the use of wigs

preferred wiggery to baldness

—Anthony Trollope

2

: a business dealing in wigs

a visit to a nearby theatrical wiggery

—P. G. Wodehouse

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