wig hunter

I've never seen this phrase in my life. Perhaps because no one I know wears wigs these days.

Hi,

Ah, but do you know people who wear hair-pieces or hair extensions?

I've never heard of a 'wig hunter' before. Sounds like someone who assassinates British barristers.

Clive, it's a little frightening to me how much my thoughts ran in the same line as yours - honestly, I was picturing something like that.

No one I know wears hair extensions. As for men, does anyone wear a "rug" anymore? The only poeple who I have even heard of wearing wigs are people going through chemotherapy.

That said, I do remember being about five or six, and putting on m

It sounds as if it might have been a jocular formation by the author of the book. I've never heard it in BrE; though of course there's no reason why it shouldn't exist.

But if it does exist, I would expect it to mean "someone who makes a special effort to detect wig-wearers", rather than simply being able to detect them.

MrP