as in wigs
a headpiece made of natural or synthetic hair usually worn to cover a bald area
if no one had told me he wore a hairpiece, I would have thought his hair was his own
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wigs
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Now, nearly 70 years since the film came out, she’s been to screenings of the movie where people dress up as her character in blonde wigs and braids.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025 -
Black-and-white makeup, wigs, costumes, and sets.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hairpieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpieces. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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