A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play. "At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance."
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One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; so used in contempt.
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(Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets.
Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires.
Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed.
... the match boy,' " and that we are trying to convince children that the library is infallible, and can furnish information on whatever they wish to know about—whether it is some boy who comes on the busiest morning of the week, to find out how to make a puppet show in time to give an afternoon exhibition, or some high-school girl who rushes over in the 20 minutes' recess to write an ... — Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine
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