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mannequin

or man·i·kin

[ man-i-kin ]

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noun

a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.
a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.
lay figure ( def 1 ).

mannequin

/ ˈmænɪkɪn /

1560–70; < French < Dutch; manikin

C18: via French from Dutch manneken manikin

The mannequin, meanwhile, lies in a heap of legs and arms on the stately king-sized bed.

They were able to redo it as My Fair Lady, which is so beautiful, and then Mannequin.

Polka dots merge into Dior logos, culminating in a faceless chainsaw-wielding mannequin.

If Jack wanted something, a human mannequin, Kenneth would get it.

He sold his harps and bought photography equipment, taking round-the-clock photos of a mannequin in different kinds of light.

If it does not satisfy the mannequin demand for "beauty" it at least refuses to accept margarine substitutes.

The glide seems to be the ideal at which the modern woman aims in her walk, and the mannequin glides with every exaggeration.

Chesney, pale as always now, but quite composed, settled down with a copy of Le Mannequin d'Osier.

There is again a wicker Figure, 'Mannequin of osier:' the centre of endless howlings.

She found herself moving slowly around the study, with the gait of a mannequin in a dress-maker's show-room.

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