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waxwork

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waxwork
1. an object reproduced in wax, esp as an ornament
2. a life-size lifelike figure, esp of a famous person, reproduced in wax
3. a museum or exhibition of wax figures or objects


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The scale of wickedness allowed to the waxwork British lady is most charmingly graduated.
A many, many, beautiful corpses she laid out, as nice and neat as waxwork.
Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state.
 
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