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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Polari) A wig (of any kind).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(Judaism) A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
I keep wanting to put her in a sheitel, the wig that every Orthodox Jewish wife is supposed to wear in order to prevent a man not her husband from lusting after her in his heart.
Origin: From , cognate to. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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