Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
manikin , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An artist's model of wood or other material.
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Examples
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Now, about this child, I would shower gifts on a child who said I looked like a manequin - you bet it's good! t.x
enter who? Katy 2009
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It looks rather manequin-like in a phoney, plastic sorta way.
Today I am NOT Irish Jen 2009
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It is an image of a fairly modest draper's shop with manequin dummies in the window and I knew it was a Jewish-owned business because the nazis had crudely painted a Star of David and a German slogan including the word JUDEN on the window.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Check out first lady, she looks like a scary manequin in all of her shots.
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You are chained to a brunette manequin of lovely and the blue butterfly of longing flutters above me, as I lay sleeping. today is my birthday. and you sleep the sleep of the innocent. if only you missed me just a little. maybe it would hurt a little less. happy birthday to me~ old starlight - new starbright
wendchymes Diary Entry wendchymes 2007
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She's a pretty manequin for the endless parade of costumes they put her in.
Archive 2005-05-01 Jeff 2005
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She's a pretty manequin for the endless parade of costumes they put her in.
"Revenge of the Sith" review. Jeff 2005
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Lady Staines looked at Winn, and said she didn't see that it was much worse to marry a manicure girl than one who looked like a manequin.
The Dark Tower Phyllis Bottome 1923
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I would have put a nativity scene behind a small forest of "Sale!" signs with a manequin trying to get through to see Jesus.
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Something's wrong by manequin on: Feb 10 2010 manequin
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