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Postiche

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Noun

1. false hair, hairpiece, postiche

a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment

2. fake, postiche, sham

something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Postiche

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adjective
1. 
(of architectural ornament) inappropriately applied; sham
2. 
false or artificial; spurious
noun
3.  another term for hairpiece (sense 2)
4. 
an imitation, counterfeit, or substitute
5. 
anything that is false; sham or pretence

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Postiche

see synonyms of postiche
adjective
1. 
counterfeit; artificial
noun
2. 
a substitute; counterfeit
3. 
a hairpiece

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Postiche

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n.
1. Something false; a sham.
2. A small hairpiece; a toupee.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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