glove puppet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pili has thousands of glove puppet characters, a traditional part of Taiwanese street entertainment culture spinning colourful and highly stylised stories of heroic courage and romance, often with martial arts.
From Reuters • Apr. 1, 2022
When Harry Corbett bought a bear glove puppet on Blackpool's North Pier in 1948 to entertain his children, he could surely not have realised he was teaming up with a future TV icon.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2018
The name — used by some of the ringleaders, may be an allusion to Basil Brush, a beloved glove puppet and mischievous red fox on a British children’s television series.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2016
Truss became so irked at this sort of rudeness typical of modern life that she decided to wear a glove puppet on shopping expeditions to vent her spleen.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016
The Beaver's blend of darkly humorous drama - not to mention belief in a talking glove puppet - did not appeal to box office audiences in the States.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2011
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