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Of, pertaining to, or using the art of projecting one's voice so that it seems to come from another source, as from a wooden figure.

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  • A faint kind of ventriloquial chirping, proceeding apparently from the deepest recesses of the interior of Miss Amelia Martin.
  • ‘Do not interrupt this ventriloquial necromanciss, my friend,’ it said in English.
  • They all knew about his ventriloquial powers now, and he had practised a few of his tricks in front of them.
  • During this act Professor O'Reilley uses one of his marvelous ventriloquial whistles and will explain its operation to the audience.
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