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 Higher level pledges include one of three actual toupees worn by Stan on-screen and VIP tickets to attend the film’s premiere in NYC. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for toupee
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wig
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  • When social media users called the wig unflattering, the insults dug deep.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In Hit Man, co-written with Richard Linklater, the Glen Powell character uses a very, very small quantity of latex (and some wigs) to … go undercover with the police to thwart murder-for-hire schemes, becoming a more confident man in the process.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Toupee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toupee. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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