gooseberry wig

== English == === Noun === gooseberry wig (plural gooseberry wigs) (archaic, British slang) A large, frizzled wig. === References === [Francis Grose] (1788), “Gooseberry wig”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC. John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893), “gooseberry wig”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 184.