puppet show
Americannoun
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puppet shows
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of puppet show
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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It was “like you’re watching a puppet show but you can’t see the strings,” one person said.
From Salon ● May 6, 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
Punk rock is not the first thing one might associate with a children’s puppet show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
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
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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