subs. phr. (old).—A short, unfashionable wig.
1782. BURNEY, Cecilia, ix. 1. ‘Hate a plaistered pate; commonly a numscull; love a good BOB JEROM.’ ‘Why, this is talking quite wide of the mark,’ said Mr. Hobson, ‘to suppose a young lady of fortune would marry a man with a BOB JEROM.’ Ibid (1796), Camilla, III, xiii. The effect of this full-buckled BOB JEROM which stuck hollow from the young face and powdered locks of the ensign was irresistibly ludicrous.
