waxworks
Americannoun
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waxworks
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of waxworks
First recorded in 1690–1700; wax 1 + work ( def. ) + -s 3 ( def. )
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At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The figure will feature alongside waxworks of Timothée Chalamet, Harry Styles and Zendaya as part of the attraction's Awards Party zone.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
When you walk through a crowd of strangers it’s next door to impossible not to imagine that they’re all waxworks, but probably they’re thinking just the same about you.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2025
The waxworks are horror-show images of the consequences of fear of decline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
They were like the most wonderful waxworks you ever saw.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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