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sheitel - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sheitel'

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(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A wig worn by orthodox, married, Jewish women.
  • * 2006 , Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights , Vintage 2007, p. 196:
  • 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

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