[f. FULL a. + BOTTOM sb.] A full-bottomed wig.
1713. Gay, Guardian, No. 149, 1 Sept., ¶ 5. Little master will smile when you shake his plume of feathers before him, and thrust its little knuckles in papas full-bottom.
1759. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 169/2. A flaxen full bottom suitable to the age between forty and fifty.
1822. T. Mitchell, Aristoph., II. 296 (The Dicast turned Gentleman).
Whose thought and whose care | |
Centre whole in their hair, | |
Of whatever degree, | |
Rank or kind it may be, | |
Full-bottom, tie, perriwig, curl, or toupee. |