Ramilie
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Etymology
Named in honour of Marlborough's victory over the French at Ramillies in Belgium in 1706.
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Ramilie
- (attributive, historical) Applied to various 18th-century fashions or articles of dress, especially a form of cocked hat, and a wig with a long plaited tail.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 227:
- From an inner pocket he produces a costly Ramillies Wig, shakes it out in a brisk Cloud of scented Litharge, and claps it on, with a minimum of fuss, over his ascetic’s Crop.
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