Bigwig (1)

Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Some expressions describe people who are important, or at least who think they are.

One such expression is bigwig. In the 17th century, important men in Europe began to wear hair pieces, called wigs. As years passed, wigs began to get bigger. The size of a man's wig how important he was. The more important he was, or thought he was, the bigger the wig he . Some wigs were so large they covered a man's shoulders or back.
  


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