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waxwork
(wax|work)
Pronunciation:
/ˈwakswəːk/
noun
a lifelike dummy modelled in wax.
(
waxworks
)
[
treated as singular
]
chiefly
British
an exhibition of wax dummies:
no waxworks is complete without its chamber of horrors
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