What is a wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray called?
jasey — A wig; -- so called, perhaps, from being made of, or resembling, Jersey yarn. Thackeray. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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