Synonyms for fantoccini

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fan-tuh-chee-nee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌfæn təˈtʃi ni

Définition of fantoccini

As in marionette : noun puppet

Example sentences :

But to do Mr. Davis justice, he did not make his fantoccini suffer if he pulled the wires the wrong way.
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

Then the Black Doctor, as blowed the bellows to the late ministerial organ, starts a fantoccini and collars our dialect.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, December 25, 1841 » by Various

See here—a month ago, on the other side of the mountains, I met a fantoccini player.
Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida

This was an exhibition called the Fantoccini, and far superior to any of the street performances which I have yet seen.
Extract from : « Three Years in Europe » by William Wells Brown

Many who would turn away in disgust from Mr. Punch, will stand for hours and look at the performances of the Fantoccini.
Extract from : « Three Years in Europe » by William Wells Brown

Who ever knew the men of the republic shout like so many Italian fantoccini pulled by wires!
Extract from : « The Wing-and-Wing » by J. Fenimore Cooper

Sharp unexpected touches evoke humanity in the fantoccini of his wayward art.
Extract from : « Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series » by John Addington Symonds

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