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 See 6 finalists for new position Starbucks is removing some drinks from its menu in March: See the full list Man busted in airport smuggling cocaine under toupee: Watch video of hairy situation Will an asteroid hit Earth? James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 While back in July 2019, a Colombian man with a suspiciously large head was stopped by Spanish police in Barcelona, who found a massive package of drugs hidden under his toupee. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025 The croupier, a large terrier wearing a toupee, almost seemed amused. Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024 The chain’s Umbrella Tree is an eight-foot Tannenbaum that forgoes the traditional triangle shape and instead looks more like a Festivus pole with a spruce-tip toupee. Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for toupee
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wig
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  • Latimer bravely takes the field without her wig, as documented on the Netflix series, leaving her teammates, coaches and fans inspired.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • While there are numerous responses to help subdue hair loss, from professional wigs to hair transplants, laser therapy for hair loss offers a longer-lasting solution without the strenuous or often painful process that some other options offer.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 17 June 2025

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“Toupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toupee. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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