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noun
1.
a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
2.
a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.
3.
a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.
4.
lay figure (def. 1).
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Mannequin
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example Sentences
- The medal now hangs around the neck of a workshop mannequin sporting a silk polka-dot bra and matching high-cut brief.
- Yet martial discipline can provide only a department-store mannequin version of reform.
- When the mannequin finally resurfaced, far down current, it appeared to have been dragged violently along the rocks below.
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World English Dictionary
| mannequin (ˈmænɪkɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a woman who wears the clothes displayed at a fashion show; model |
| 2. | a life-size dummy of the human body used to fit or display clothes |
| 3. | arts another name for lay figure |
| [C18: via French from Dutch manneken | |
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Word Origin & History
mannequin
1902, "model to display clothes," from Fr. mannequin, from Du. manneken (see manikin). A Fr. form of the same word that yielded Eng. manikin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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