Both Uses of
effigy
in
Lord Jim
- 'Where did you get drink?' inquired the German, very savage; but motionless in the light of the binnacle, like a clumsy effigy of a man cut out of a block of fat.†
Chpt 3 *
- 'He contemplated the wretched animal, that moved no more than an effigy: it sat with ears pricked and its sharp muzzle pointed into the doorway, and suddenly snapped at a fly like a piece of mechanism.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(effigy as in: burned in effigy) a model or other representation -- typically of a person -- often of someone hated, so that it can be mocked and abused