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plural marionettes
A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings. quotations examples
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(obsolete) The buffel duck.
third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted
(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate. examples