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Kawthar.K. Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
I can hardly know the right connotations for words.
How do we use the word "effigy" in a sentence?
I cant really know the right connotation for it.
I cant really know the right connotation for it.
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We find effigies of Lincoln in many public parks and government buildings. It's a three-dimensional likeness, such as a statue or a voodoo doll. Some are complimentary and some are not.
- We find effigies of Lincoln in many public parks and government buildings.
- It's a three-dimensional likeness, such as a statue or a voodoo doll.
- Some are complimentary and some are not.
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We find effigies of Lincoln in many public parks and government buildings.
It's a three-dimensional likeness, such as a statue or a voodoo doll. Some are complimentary and some are not. The best known useage is "We burned the *** in effigy," which describes the common practice of making a mock dummy of some despised person and burning it in front of an angry mob - hanging or
It's a three-dimensional likeness, such as a statue or a voodoo doll. Some are complimentary and some are not. The best known useage is "We burned the *** in effigy," which describes the common practice of making a mock dummy of some despised person and burning it in front of an angry mob - hanging or
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It's common only in the expression "to burn in effigy." This expression is so common it's used figuratively "They burned him in effigy," meaning simply that he was seriously criticized in public - no doll, no fire.
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