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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Dutch mannekijn 'little man'

mannequin

 noun
     
man‧ne‧quin [countable]
1 a model of the human body, used for showing clothes in shop windows
2 old-fashioned a woman whose job is to wear fashionable clothes and show them to people [= model]
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