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- A procession—a scandal—an effigy of me, and him!†
Chpt 39 *effigy = a model or other representation
- The numerous lights round the two effigies threw them up into lurid distinctness; it was impossible to mistake the pair for other than the intended victims.†
Chpt 39effigies = models or other representations
- Effigies, donkey, lanterns, band, all had disappeared like the crew of Comus.†
Chpt 39
- "The effigy," she answered hastily.†
Chpt 41effigy = a model or other representation
- The next morning the fact turned out to be as Elizabeth-Jane had stated; the effigy was discovered by a cowherd, and that of Lucetta a little higher up in the same stream.†
Chpt 41
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)