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A puppet or small jointed doll moved by strings or wires.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Our daughters and sons have burst from the marionette show leaving a tangle of strings and gone into the unlit audience.
  • And that horrible haircut and fat, round face made him look like the Chucky marionette from the horror movie of the same name.
  • First thing that comes to mind Can a "marionette" puppet ever have a relationship with no strings attached?
  • "marionette" of Zionist lobby as easily as it would be possible.
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