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waxworks en · NOUN
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An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
There is nothing so fascinating for a human being as others of the species. What is gripping about a waxworks like Tussaud's is that the models are full size and the visitor can gaze at celebrities as familiar equals, a dream (or nightmare) come true.
2006, Pamela Pilbeam, Madame Tussaud: And the History of Waxworks, page 221:
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(form-of, plural) plural of waxwork
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