puppet show
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of puppet show
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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“No one asked them to do this. Someone just wanted to do a kids puppet show in some garage in North Carolina and now they’ve created a simulacra.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
For the price of a regular movie ticket, the Roxy’s patrons could also watch the singer, the puppet show and the comedian, live.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The satirical puppet show, Spitting Image, portrayed him as a leather-clad bovver boy, the enforcer of the Iron Lady's doctrine.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
You might not have noticed it in the live-action scenes, but the dioramic sets on which Dot’s puppet show was filmed make everything larger than life.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2023
Jutta and Claudia Forster have taken three of the younger girls to a puppet show in the market; Jutta has spoken no more than six words to Werner since his return.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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