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toupees

noun

plural of toupee

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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Recent Examples of toupees Comb-overs, bad toupees, the stuff of sitcom jokes. — Jay Sparks, USA Today, 15 June 2026

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In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
The trio has assimilated perfectly, down to their graying wigs.

— Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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