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mannikin

[ man-i-kin ]

noun

  1. any of several estrildid finches of the genus Lonchura, of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, often kept as cage birds.


mannikin

/ ˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of manikin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of mannikin1

A variant of manikin
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Members of Congress: “little mannikins, shrewd, gabby, drest in black, hopping about, making motions, amendments.”

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And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling, gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him.

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The Northern man with Southern principles, and his mannikin.

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Why, mannikin, how many Kings do you think there are!

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And thus too he explains to himself the phenomena of human life, believing that each man has within him a mannikin or animal which dictates his actions in life.

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