figurine

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In many cases, the figurine is almost treated like a member of the family.

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  1. noun A small molded or sculptured figure; a statuette.

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  • The other was a crudely carved figurine, apparently intended to represent an angel. —  Asimov'sSF,August2006
  • In the end she took only a little china figurine, a pretend Irish house with a green shamrock on the side which she had found in a secondhand shop and given Joe one Christmas as a gag, for good luck. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 03 - March 1997
  • From each collection a figurine was missing From Art's too Yes, according to Bill Well, obviously," I said, "the lion didn't take them He smiled. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • She was like a china figurine, an enchanted fairy She does not relate to the world around her. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 06 - June 2000
  • Vickie said it was like mating with a china figurine, the first negative remark I'd heard her make concerning my predicament. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
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  1. French, from Italian figurina, diminutive of figura, figure, from Latin figūra; see figure.

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  1. from French figurine (= Portuguese figurinha = Italian figurina), a diminutive of figure, figure.
 

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/fɪgjuˈrin/
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