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waxworks

[ waks-wurks ]

/ ˈwæksˌwɜrks /

noun, plural wax·works.(usually used with a singular verb)

an exhibition of or a museum for displaying wax figures, ornaments, etc.

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Origin of waxworks

First recorded in 1690–1700; wax¹ + work + -s³

Words nearby waxworks

wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxwing, waxwork, waxworks, waxy, waxy degeneration, waxy kidney, waxy spleen, way

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Example sentences from the Web for waxworks

The effigy is of painted wood and is amazingly lifelike, though smacking decidedly of the figures in a waxworks exhibition.
The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine|Francis Miltoun
In another day most of them would have been candidates for a waxworks or the formaldehyde of a specimen bottle.
Accidental Flight|Floyd L. Wallace
In the autumn of last year I was taken to see some waxworks.
The Legacy of Cain|Wilkie Collins
Easton suggested that a special saloon carriage might be engaged, and they could go and visit Madame Tussaud's Waxworks.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists|Robert Tressell

So Cooper Union provided a museum of waxworks and many strange, natural-history specimens.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

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