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Waxwork

Wax′workˊ

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Noun.
1.
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
2.
(Bot.)
An American climbing shrub (
Celastrus scandens
). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.

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waxwork

waxwork

English

Noun

waxwork (plural waxworks)

  1. A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
    • 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:
      The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.

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