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Marionette

noun
1.
A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.  Synonym: puppet.






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"Marionette" Quotes from Famous Books



... the universe with a passionate gesture. "Nerves!" he cried bitterly. "Yes, that's what they say when an actor dares to think. 'Go on! Play your part! Be a marionette forever!' That's what you tell us! 'Slave for your living, you sordid little puppet! Squirm and sweat and strut, but don't you ever dare to think!' You tell us that because you know if we ever did stop to think for one instant about ourselves you wouldn't have ...
— Harlequin and Columbine • Booth Tarkington



Words linked to "Marionette" :   figure, puppet



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