shyckle, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

shyckle n.

also shyker

[Yid. sheitl, the wig trad. worn by orthodox Jewish women subsequent to their marriage]

a wig.

1962		R. Hauser Homosexual Society Appendix 3, 167: Shyckle, wig.
1972		B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 180: shyckle (Brit gay sl) a wig.
2019		P. Baker Fabulosa 298/1: shyckle, shyker, sheitel, a wig.
2023		R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 109: [They] donned drogles, bombshell shykas and sparkling groinage [ibid.] 215: [C]logging the switchboard with demands for a [...] skya-fencer, fang-mender [etc].