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Madame Tussaud

noun
1.
French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850).  Synonyms: Marie Grosholtz, Marie Tussaud, Tussaud.






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"Madame Tussaud" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Hotel Windsor to the doors of Westminster Abbey. And they vanished out of the October sunshine into the beam-shot gloom of Valhalla. It was Alice's first view of Valhalla, though of course she had heard of it. In old times she had visited Madame Tussaud's and the Tower, but she had not had leisure to get round as far as Valhalla. It impressed her deeply. A verger pointed them to the nave; but they dared not demand more minute instructions. They had not ...
— Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days • Arnold Bennett

... Madame Tussaud's (ODHAMS) strikes one, in these days of universal reminiscence, almost as a libre a faire, certainly as a volume that finds its welcome waiting for it. I suppose there are few unhappy beings for whom the ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920 • Various

... a well-ventilated chamber at Madame Tussaud's. Special charge of sixpence for adults, threepence for children, made for privilege of ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 18, 1891 • Various

... was introduced to a great many people of the best society. Meanwhile, with Ewan, I visited the Cider Cellars, Evans', the Judge and Jury Club, Cremorne, and all the gay resorts of those days, not to mention the museums, Tower, and everything down to Madame Tussaud's. I went down in a diving-bell in the Polytechnic, and over Barclay ...
— Memoirs • Charles Godfrey Leland



Words linked to "Madame Tussaud" :   modeller, modeler, Marie Tussaud



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