german-lustre

Updated: May 9, 2025

Just at the present period, you may meet him in a furred surtout, with pantaloons strapped under his narrow-toed boots; on his head, instead of a single forelock, he wears a smart auburn wig, with bushy whiskers of the same hue, the whole surmounted by a German-lustre hat.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Time's Portraiture: (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches")