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wigmaker

(ˈwɪɡˌmeɪkə)
n
(Hairdressing & Grooming) someone that makes wigs
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Noun1.wigmaker - someone who makes and sells wigs
maker, shaper - a person who makes things
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Translations

wigmaker

[ˈwɪgˌmeɪkəʳ] Npeluquero/a m/f (que se dedica a hacer pelucas)
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wigmaker

nPerückenmacher(in) m(f)
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As Corey Andrews puts it in his valuable analysis of this group of young bachelors who met sporadically in Edinburgh from 1712-15, among the tests facing the Club is that its raison d'etre is the 'polite improvement' of its members; but, like Ramsay, a wigmaker with an eye toward turning poet, its members seem to lack the pedigree, formal education, or wealth that normally allow one to claim the title of gentleman.
Many of the 24 historical trades sites create their own door decorations representing the shops, such as the wigmaker whose wreaths this year were dotted with tiny wigs and clay curlers, and the bindery, which hung replicas of 18th-century Virginia Gazettes rolled up into cones and waterproofed with paraffin and beeswax.
Therese, said: "It was like wire wool but by coincidence I was going to London that weekend and met a wigmaker and I brought home a few styles for my client.
He visits a wigmaker's workshop in London, tours a modern barbering institute in Pennsylvania and learns about synthetic fibers at the laboratories of a Tokyo-based wig company.
Finally, Christal Schanes, the wigmaker for the School of the Arts, taught Chukhina how to make a latex copy of a real cabbage leaf, which she then painted.
Wigmaker Alex Rouse created three hairpieces for different stages of Hawking's life, and movement director Alex Reynolds coached Redmayne on Hawking's limited motions--at the end of the movie he can only twitch certain muscles.
Aided by her street-smart drag queen friend and the best wigmaker in New York City, she feels confident that her camouflage is up to snuff.