hand puppet
Americannoun
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hand puppets
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of hand puppet
First recorded in 1945–50
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You might even consider getting a hand puppet or small stuffed animal to assist.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2021
When teaching the chicks to hunt and other crane behaviors, they dress in baggy costumes with the neck of a crane-head hand puppet holding in one loose, black-tipped “wing.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Any show that manages to get Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Barbra Streisand, Serena Williams and Melissa McCarthy with a rabbit hand puppet on stage is doing something right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
In this 2008 file photo, Cindy McCain uses a cheetah hand puppet to make her husband laugh as they ride the "Straight Talk Express" in South Carolina.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2017
He began tossing things out —a Ping-Pong paddle, a cowboy hat, a hand puppet, swim fins.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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