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Wigger vs Wiggery - What's the difference?

wigger | wiggery |

As nouns the difference between wigger and wiggery

is that wigger is a maker of wigs while wiggery is a wig or wigs; false hair.

wigger

English

(wikipedia wigger)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A maker of wigs.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    *wigga, whigger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Caucasian person (typically young and male) who dresses, speaks, or otherwise behaves in a manner that is stereotypically associated with certain aspects of African-American, Caribbean or hip-hop culture.

    • See also

    *coconut

    wiggery

    English

    Noun

    (wiggeries)
  • (archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.
  • * Anthony Trollope
    • There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position.
  • (archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.
    • Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts] — Carlyle.
    (Webster 1913)