Which preposition to use with wig

of Occurrences 30%

How do you think a girl feels to have gramaw keep hanging onto that old black wig of hers and not letting me take the crayons or wreaths down off the wall?

on Occurrences 20%

ULYSSES has made him Collecthor, (Sich choppin' o' heads ne'er was seen;) Sure the hayro will make me Inspecthor Whin there's so many "wigs on the green.

in Occurrences 13%

" The lawyer settled his wig in a foaming rage.

for Occurrences 9%

Either marriage had brought him a new growth of hair, or else Blossy had selected a new wig for hima modest, close, iron-gray which fitted his poll to perfection.

with Occurrences 8%

"I have found nothing which concerns the government as yetonly the weapons with which beauty is authorised to kill," says he, pointing to a wig with his sword-tip.

to Occurrences 4%

Mr. Arthur, what 'as 'appened, sir?" asked the valet, who was just carrying in his wig to the Major.

from Occurrences 4%

Beyond that there was the purchase of a good second-hand uniform, fur coat, and a beard and a wig from a costumier's.

at Occurrences 3%

" As Parry and I were sitting one morning waiting for the Judges, I remarked on the subject of the counsel chosen for the prosecution: "Suppose, Parry, you and I had been Solicitor and Attorney-General, in the circumstances what should we have done?" "Plunged the country into a bloody war before now, I dare say," said Parry, elevating his eyebrows and wig at the same time.

like Occurrences 3%

"It is quite refreshing to find that a big-wig like you can talk just as much nonsense as a little-wig like me," she said; "but you don't know, for all that, what the silence and monotony of life here can be.

into Occurrences 2%

He bit his fingers with anxiety, and threw his wig into the fire.

over Occurrences 2%

He has the softest brown, curling hair of his own, with a wig over it.

by Occurrences 1%

" Myndert descended to the quarter-deck, and having deliberately deposited his coat on the capstan, replaced his wig by a handkerchief, and tightened the buckle that did the office of suspenders, he squinted along the guns, with a certain air that served to assure the spectators he had at least no dread of the recoil.

below Occurrences 1%

He wore a plain bob-wig below a huge flat-brimmed hat, and big blue spectacles shaded his eyes.

out Occurrences 1%

Then 'e took a wig out of 'is bag and pressed it on his 'ead, put on the cap, put some black stuff on 'is teeth, and there he was.

amongst Occurrences 1%

Now, we had been hobnobbing long enough with those beginners of our countryCaptain John Smith, Sir Edwin Sandys, Lord Delaware, and the restto know that they were a bearded set and hadn't a wig amongst them.

than Occurrences 1%

The cook of a man-of-war is no small beer, he is his Majesty's warrant officer, a much bigger wig than a poor little mid, with whom it is condescension on his part to jest.

as Occurrences 1%

I have frequently remonstrated with the Americans, on the total absence of forms and ceremonies in their courts of justice, and was commonly answered by "Yes, that may be quite necessary in England, in order to overawe a parcel of ignorant creatures, who have no share in making the laws; but with us, a man's a man, whether he have a silk gown on him or not; and I guess he can decide quite as well without a big wig as with one.

under Occurrences 1%

And having delivered himself of this stupendous moral lesson, Dr. Samuel Johnson Mendoza John Brown puts on his hat (he surely ought to have had a full-bottomed wig under it) and walks off, leaving his opponent doubtless more like a dog in a coal-box than ever.

across Occurrences 1%

It was his fond belief that this wig looked like natural hair; but everybody knew it was a wig across the street.

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