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Definition
a model or other representation — typically of a person — often of someone hated, so that it can be mocked an abused
- A hideous straw-Stuffed effigy of myself, Tom Finley, was hung and set fire to in the main quadrangle of the college.2.2 — Act 2 Scene 2 (98% in)
- The shutters in the Moorish Corner are thrown open on the Palm Garden: scattered sounds a/disturbance are still heard: something burns in the Palm Garden: an effigy, an emblem?3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 (0% in)
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