"wig and falsies" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: An allusion to cross-dressing. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} wig and falsies pl (plural only)
  1. (colloquial, figurative) An attempt to make something look like something else without significantly altering its core functionality. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Appearance

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          "text": "Don't put a fake wig and falsies on your advertised product.",
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          "ref": "2008 April 21, Charles Moore, “Odysseus Cometh: The Real Successor to Eudora”, in Low End Mac, archived from the original on 2021-07-12",
          "text": "I am a consummate, dyed-in-the-wool, classic Eudora fan, and Mozilla Thunderbird - or for that matter any three-pane user interface email client dating back to Claris Emailer - is simply not my cup of tea, so dressing T-bird up in a Eudora wig and falsies is not going to cut it for me, or a lot of other Eudora aficionados.",
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