单词 | pantine |
释义 | pantinen. Now rare. A puppet-like toy, usually of pasteboard, consisting of a figure of a human being (sometimes a caricature of a famous person) with a jointed body and limbs moved by pulling a thread or wire.Invented in France in the mid 18th cent. and fashionable throughout the rest of the century. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > movable by string or wire puppet1538 marionettea1645 pantine1748 supplejack1776 supple Tam1825 string-jack1863 jumping-jack1883 monkey on a stick1926 1748 London Mag. 271 The ridiculous folly of Panteins [Note] Paper or pastboard puppets, contriv'd to move in all postures, so call'd from mademoiselle Pantein, one of the marshal Saxe's [d. 1750] ladies, who is said to be the inventer. 1749 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 505 She has begun and almost finished..a set of pantines. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act II. l. 86 She resembled a Pantine, and wanted nothing but a Whalebone in her Head to give her a Twirl, and flirt her two long Arms into Motion. 1790 By-stander 174 Edwin is as much of an actor as a panteen is of a puppet. 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 28 Jan. (1971) 162 Mrs. Sneyd..making..a pantin for one of the Leicester children. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. v. 112 Pantines, a ridiculous fashion of paper doll then in vogue as a toy for ladies with nothing to do. 2002 Pensacola News Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 Oct. 18 Larry Lou Foster's enchanting moveable paper dolls, called pantines, are framed and hung in the hall leading to one wing of the home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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