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manikin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'manikin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Manikin [ n.]
- A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
- A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.

Meaning of 'manikin' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . manikin [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Example in sentence:
  • she was too fat to be a mannequin