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lay figure

noun

Definitions

  1. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes.

    • Near-synonyms: dummy, mannequin
    • ‘I have a great mind to break all your gashly images about the head of your fine Miss, in her silks and satins;’—mistaking his lay-figure for a living model of the highest sort.
    • ‘I rather thought I was useful as an audience, but only as a lay figure is useful to a painter: both can be put aside when no longer required.’

  2. An unimportant person

    An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) who lacks individuality and is one-dimensional.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA