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Webster 1913 Edition

Toupet

{

Tou-pee′

(?; 277)
,

Tou-pet′

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

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