toupee

as in wig
a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area the weatherman calmly adjusted his toupee after the wind nearly blew it off

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Recent Examples of toupee Michelle had a toupee, and an area was cut away where the scalp would be removed. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024 In Monsters, Kitty rips off Lyle’s toupee during a family fight at the dinner table. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 The book also inspired the dramatic scene Netflix’s Monsters in which Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny) rips off Lyle Menendez’s (Nicholas Chavez) toupee at the dining room table. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024 Per Dunne, Lyle allegedly was fitted with a toupee for $1,450 in 1988 and had three others over the next year and a half. Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for toupee

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“Toupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toupee. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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