fantoccini

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He has put me right, however, by informing me, that he writes himself artist from Vauxhall, and that he exhibits fantoccini; call them what you will, it seems they gave great delight to the unwashed artificers of G——.

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The fantoccini did credit to their machinist, who was skilful at pulling of wires.

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Fantoccini, fan-to-chē′nē, n.pl. puppets worked by machinery: dramatic performances by puppets.

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Some scenes, written under the high pressure of dramatic œstrum, stir tears by their poignancy, by the accents of grief and anguish on the lips of fantoccini.

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In its original prospectus its political creed was outlined as follows: "Punch has no party prejudices; he is conservative in his opposition to Fantoccini and political puppets, but a progressive whig in his love of small change and a repeal of the union with public Judies."

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