as in wigs
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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wigs
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Off-beat coifs also emerged at Walter Van Beirendonck, where models sported multilength and multicolored wigs or small pigtails atop their heads.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Toupees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toupees. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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