[Ads-l] Significant antedatings of "fright wig"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: 1904

1872 _Chicago Tribune_ (March 10) 6: Farrigan, Hart, and Martin as
Fright-wig, Cropped-wig, and Scratch-wig.

1881 _Evening Star_ (Washington, DC) (Nov. 30)  3: Up goes his fright wig,
his eyes roll, his jaw drops, and the people tumble off the benches
a-laughing.

JL

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