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Campaign Wig (A)

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imported from France. It was made very full, was curled, and was eighteen inches in length in the front, with drop locks. In some cases the back part of the wig was put in a black silk bag. Of course the campaign referred to the victories of Marlborough. (Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, chap. xii.)

⁂ There were also campaign coats, campaign lace, campaign shoes, campaign shirts, campaign gowns, campaign waistcoats, etc.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Camisarde
Camisole
Camisole de Force
Camlan (Battle of, Cornwall)
Camlet
Cammock
Camorra
Camorrist
Camp Candlestick (A)
Camp-followers
Campaign Wig (A)
Campania
Campaspe
Campbells are Coming (The)
Campbellite
Campceiling
Campeador (cam-pa-dor)
Canace
Canache
Canada Balsam
Canaille (French, can-naye)