mannequinn.

1893 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 7 Feb. 8/3 The ‘mannequin’ of the stage is moveable; the ladies in the boxes and the gentlemen in the stalls can criticise the dress from every point of view.

1902 Pall Mall Mag. 27 119 Another salon..ornamented with tall mirrors in which were reflected the slender elegant figures of several mannequins, most of them exceedingly pretty and all arrayed in magnificent dresses.

1919 M. Beerbohm Seven Men 11 Then came ‘Stark: A Conte’, about a midinette who, as far as I could gather, murdered..a mannequin.

1927 Sunday Express 7 Aug. 3/6 Bogus mannequin schools.., of which there are several in London, promise to train girls to become expert mannequins.

1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 13/5 Autumn Mannequin Parades will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 99/1 Her mannequin past is in the way.

1978 A. Powell To Keep Ball Rolling ii. iii. 34 Model—both artist's model, and one who ‘modelled’ clothes, the latter then quaintly known as mannequins.

1998 Village Voice (N.Y.) 16 June 14/1 Style is not just the province of the emaciated teenage mannequins.

1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 97/2 Mannequin.., model of human figure for display of garments, hats, furs, etc.

1960 S. Becker tr. A. Schwarz-Bart Last of Just iii. iii. 108 The mannequin and its one unscrewed foot.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 95/1 Mannequin.., an artificial head used to display a hair style, or on which to create a hair style, or work hair for a postiche.

1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) xxi. 112 The next windows contain disgruntled mannequins, their pelvises thrust out.

1927 Sunday Express 15 May 5/3 ‘Mannequining is a serious business now,’ said the head of a mannequin school to me.

1928 Daily Express 2 June 4/4 More and more..distinguished women..have recently joined the ranks of teachers of mannequinism.