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Wax figure   /wæks fˈɪgjər/   Listen
Wax figure

noun
1.
An effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax.  Synonym: waxwork.






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"Wax figure" Quotes from Famous Books



... that I was visiting a storage warehouse filled with old furniture, in the midst of which stood Parr like a wax figure escaped from ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins

... with the hatful of berries in my hand, like a stiff wax figure in a museum. The expected had come at last; and how little do we expect the expected when it comes! I was aware that both the young women were looking at me, and that both were quietly laughing. And I must have cut a ridiculous figure indeed, ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill



Words linked to "Wax figure" :   image, simulacrum, effigy



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