English lawyers and judges used to wear powder-covered wigs. More important men tended to wear bigger wigs. This is where the expression bigwig came from. Some wigs worn in France were as much as 3 feet tall.
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English lawyers and judges used to wear powder-covered wigs. More important men tended to wear bigger wigs. This is where the expression bigwig came from. Some wigs worn in France were as much as 3 feet tall.