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Waxwork / Waxwork II
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wax⋅work

  [waks-wurk]
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–noun
1. a figure, ornament, or other object made of wax, or esp. the life-size effigy of a person.
2. the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens.
Origin:
1690–1700; wax 1 + work

Related forms:
waxworker, noun
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wax·work   (wāks'wûrk')   
n.  

  1. The art of modeling in wax.

  2. A figure made of wax, especially a life-size wax effigy of a famous person.

  3. waxworks (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An exhibition of wax figures in a museum.

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