Coupee vs Toupee - What's the difference?
coupee | toupee |
A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
(obsolete) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
(obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
* G. Eliot
As nouns the difference between coupee and toupee
is that coupee is a motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made while toupee is a wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.coupee
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Noun
(en noun)- (Chambers)
toupee
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(wikipedia toupee)Alternative forms
* toupe * * toupetNoun
(en noun)- Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee .