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  • noun Plural form of manikin.

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Examples

  • He showed that none of that class has either depth, ardor, or sincerity; that, their intellectual culture being slight and their erudition a simple varnish, they must remain, in short, manikins who produce the effect and make the gesture of the enlightened beings that they are not.

    Strong as Death 2003

  • He showed that none of that class has either depth, ardor, or sincerity; that, their intellectual culture being slight and their erudition a simple varnish, they must remain, in short, manikins who produce the effect and make the gesture of the enlightened beings that they are not.

    Strong as Death Guy de Maupassant 1871

  • That's if you include my co-workers, our American Red Cross trainer, Haseeb Durrani , and the 10 or so crash dummies they're called "manikins" that Mr. Durrani brought along for practicing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions.

    CPR Test Gives Me Chest Pain Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • A dissatisfied poet (of not much talent) has decided to reject the world and live in a department store, sleeping by day and writing by night, surrounded by merchandise and manikins.

    Melody Breyer-Grell: Evening Primrose Times Two: Sondheim's Mini-Masterpiece on Stage and DVD Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

  • A dissatisfied poet (of not much talent) has decided to reject the world and live in a department store, sleeping by day and writing by night, surrounded by merchandise and manikins.

    Melody Breyer-Grell: Evening Primrose Times Two: Sondheim's Mini-Masterpiece on Stage and DVD Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

  • Everything they wanted was within reach, or at least one nod away, so mostly, the adults stood upright, their arms stuck to their sides, like manikins unaware of the night dimming around them.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • The Navy trains medics for chemical, biological and radiological casualty preparedness using immersive hospital drills with manikins and scenarios with human actors.

    Kathy Guillermo: How Not to Save Lives Kathy Guillermo 2011

  • A dissatisfied poet (of not much talent) has decided to reject the world and live in a department store, sleeping by day and writing by night, surrounded by merchandise and manikins.

    Melody Breyer-Grell: Evening Primrose Times Two: Sondheim's Mini-Masterpiece on Stage and DVD Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

  • A dissatisfied poet (of not much talent) has decided to reject the world and live in a department store, sleeping by day and writing by night, surrounded by merchandise and manikins.

    Melody Breyer-Grell: Evening Primrose Times Two: Sondheim's Mini-Masterpiece on Stage and DVD Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

  • A dissatisfied poet (of not much talent) has decided to reject the world and live in a department store, sleeping by day and writing by night, surrounded by merchandise and manikins.

    Melody Breyer-Grell: Evening Primrose Times Two: Sondheim's Mini-Masterpiece on Stage and DVD Melody Breyer-Grell 2010

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