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Webster 1913 Edition
Fantoccini
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Fanˊtoc-ci′ni
,Noun.
pl.
[It., dim. fr.
fante
child.] Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
Definition 2024
fantoccini
fantoccini
English
Noun
fantoccini pl (plural only)
- Puppets caused to perform dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
- 1861, Henry Mayhew, London labour and the London poor (page 61)
- A man of the name of Flocton from Birmingham was, to the best of my knowledge, the first that ever had a fantoccini exhibition in England; but he was only for theatres […]
- 1861, Henry Mayhew, London labour and the London poor (page 61)
- The puppet shows in which they are used.