Vocabulary Word
Word: effigy
Definition: dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President
Definition: dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President
Sentences Containing 'effigy'
He saw before him an officer delegated to enforce the law, and perfectly well knew that it would be as unavailing to seek pity from a magistrate decked with his official scarf, as to address a petition to some cold marble effigy.
He saw, the history says, the very countenance, the very face, the very look, the very physiognomy, the very effigy, the very image of the bachelor Samson Carrasco!
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