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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See Jack-o'-Lent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Rabelation
Words and phrases from Urquhart and Motteaux's matchless translation of Rabelais' "Gargantua and Pantagruel" (available here).
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Puppet (Words) On a String
puppet, hand puppet, glove doll, glove puppet, marionette, popet, puppetman, puppet-player, puppetry, puppet-show, puppet-play, puppetish and 40 more...
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For Pete's Sake
Names that appear in common phrases/clichès. (Also see sionnach's list, tom, dick and harry.)
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reesetee (Archaic) A figure of a man, set up to be pelted: an ancient form of the sport of "Aunt Sally," practiced during Lent. The figurative meaning of being the butt of a joke derives from this.
Also, a puppet; an insignificant or contemptible person. Oct 21, 2008