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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Then, of course, there are the wigs he’s made for his husband every Halloween, a job that takes months to complete.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Sarnsoki also kept his lips sealed when asked how much of Jackman’s gray hair and beard came from wigs, and how much came from the actor himself.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Hairpieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairpieces. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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