Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A life-size full or partial representation of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes; a dummy.
- noun A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
- noun One who models clothes; a model.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model.
- noun A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy.
- noun A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
dummy , orlife-size model of thehuman body , used for thefitting ordisplaying ofclothes - noun A
jointed model of the human body used byartists , especially todemonstrate thearrangement ofdrapery - noun An
anatomical model of thehuman body for use inteaching of e.g.CPR - noun A person who models clothes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- noun a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of them that he wanted to conduct was what he called a mannequin test.
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When the mannequin is removed the text “Thank you for seeing me” become visible.
Archive 2009-04-01 Red 2009
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Unless he was flash frozen (which he wasn't), Mayborne would have been discovered curled up somewhere rather than in mannequin-like repose.
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When the mannequin is removed the text “Thank you for seeing me” become visible.
Australian Childhood Foundation Red 2009
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The mannequin is dressed in brunet wig, glasses and a red business suit.
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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What do you call a mannequin trying to drum up business for a barbecue restaurant?
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Btw, the mannequin is carrying way too much weight to represent Bowie.
Sound Politics: Vast Oddball Conspiracy Emanating From Issaquah 2006
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A recent UK exhibit on the shop-window mannequin is the impetus for the wonderful cultural history Cartner-Morley provides:
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A recent UK exhibit on the shop-window mannequin is the impetus for the wonderful cultural history Cartner-Morley provides:
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A recent UK exhibit on the shop-window mannequin is the impetus for the wonderful cultural history Cartner-Morley provides:
mollusque commented on the word mannequin
A human or a life-size model of a human figure used to display clothes.
September 28, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word mannequin
I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town
For somebody just like me
But the only ones I see
Are the dummies in the window
They spend their money on clothes
It saddens me to think
That the only ones I see are mannequins
Looking stupid, being used and being thin
And I don't know why I hang around with them
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia.
(Family tree, by Belle and Sebastian)
September 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word mannequin
He can't sing, but mannequin dance!
September 29, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word mannequin
*loves dontcry for her magnificent pun*
September 29, 2008