waxwork
English
Noun
waxwork (countable and uncountable, plural waxworks)
- (countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
- 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:
- The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.
- (uncountable) The art of producing such figures.
- 1926, R. Austin Freeman, The D'Arblay Mystery:
- Waxwork is a fine art, but it differs from all other fine arts in that its main purpose is one that is expressly rejected by all those other arts.
Translations
a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person
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See also
Further reading
waxwork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - wax museum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:wax museums on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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