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Noun: puppet  pú-pit
  1. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
    - marionette
     
  2. A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
    - creature, tool
     
  3. A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

Derived forms: puppets

Type of: doll, dolly, figure, slave

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