[ noun ] a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness <noun.artifact>
Toupee \Tou*pee"\ (?; 277), Toupet \Tou*pet"\ (?; 277), n. [F. toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. top. See {Top} apex, and cf. {Topet}.] 1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. --G. Eliot.
"It's still an X-rated business," concedes Gene Martignetti, a toupee wearer and vice president of International Hairgoods Inc., in Minneapolis, a toupee maker.
"It's still an X-rated business," concedes Gene Martignetti, a toupee wearer and vice president of International Hairgoods Inc., in Minneapolis, a toupee maker.
Appearing without his toupee, the ebullient Scott kidded Garagiola about his baldness, joking from Washington, "I got a quart of Simonize I'm sending." There were no speeches and no recap by Gumbel of the show's problems.
I demanded they ship me a canine toupee kit by express mail or I'd sue.
"Toupee or not toupee," shouts a scrambled Hamlet in the audience.