Waxworks

Word WAXWORKS
Character 8
Hyphenation wax works
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Definitions and meanings of "Waxworks"

What do we mean by waxworks?

A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.

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The word "waxworks" in example sentences

"It's my belief," she reproached him, "you brought me here out of stinginess, pretending not to notice when we passed the waxworks, which is only tuppence, and real murderers with their chests a-rising an 'fallin', as Maria's young man treated her to a last Regatta; an ' ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

Last fall, one of these waxworks, "Untitled Candle," sold at Sotheby's for $1 million. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The world's most famous collection of wickless candles announced: "We proactively encourage our visitors to interact with the waxworks should they so choose." ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Appalling old waxworks," he called the new Chinese masters. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Faith Links section includes visits to such roadside attractions as The Living Bible Museum, home of the world's most horrific waxworks, and there's an article explaining why vajazzling is "the newest threat to your college son". ❋ Unknown (2011)

This time around Sir Peter Blake is presenting his collection of ephemera, from Elvis-branded condoms to Sonny Liston waxworks, alongside a Victorian marvel, Mr Potter's Museum Of Curiosities, marrying the cute with the macabre. ❋ Robert Clark (2010)

This new show, a highlight of Chelsea Theatre's current Sacred programme of work by US and UK-based artists, features music by Rasp Thorne and focuses on the politics and history of waxworks and human anatomy exhibitions, with everything from Madame Tussauds to Bodyworlds referenced with Carnesky's eye for detail. ❋ Iain Aitch (2010)

Having apologised for any offence caused, Tussauds continued on the subject of interacting with the waxworks: "We absolutely defend the right of our visitors to make such choices for themselves, as long as they behave themselves responsibly." ❋ Unknown (2011)

After months of subjecting myself to waxworks exhibitions, "destination" shopping malls and Britain's only museum of creationism, however, I realised that documenting the very worst that Britain has to offer was a job too big for one man. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Her characters patrol the hallways of the museum, haunting its arboretums, lecture halls, menageries and aquariums, creeping among its waxworks, scientific-ish dioramas and oddball memorabilia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A prisoner hides out in a waxworks after escaping prison, not realizing it contains the wax figures of the partners in crime he double-crossed and killed. ❋ Z0mbieastronaut (2008)

The figures in the boulders were scary as waxworks, while the flashlights made shadows leap on the cave wall behind them. ❋ L.J. SMITH (2010)

Edward 7:46 pm: To know Steampunk one must know how to breathe life into the waxworks that are History. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many of the best posters from the last decade did just that; making designs out of horses, cookies, sexual abuse, strippers, melting waxworks and pussycats. ❋ Glenn Dunks (2010)

The “corpses” looked like waxworks effigies rather than real people, which is contrary to the norm on shows like this. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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