cannikin

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Members of Congress: “little mannikins, shrewd, gabby, drest in black, hopping about, making motions, amendments.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

To help the crowd make up their minds, excited demonstrators, attendants, executives, engineers and mannikins swarmed over & under, in & out of each & every exhibit.

From Time Magazine Archive

A smart police cordon idled around in the outfield like alert mannikins on a playing board of green baize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most notable trend was toward trickier methods of lighting: display designers lit their mannikins and props with multicolored spots and footlights from all angles, avoiding distracting sun glare, getting increased illusions of depth.

From Time Magazine Archive

And know that if thou deny this, then shalt thou take the heart out of these good fellows, who be eager enough to help the good town and be no mannikins, I warrant them.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May