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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Mannequin VS dummy

Is the spelling 'mannequin' correct?

I found the definition of dummy: A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes.

It looks like dummy and mannequin are the same. What do you think?

What word do you use?
  

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moon7296 A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes. It looks like dummy and mannequin are the same. Hi, Yes, in this sense they mean the same.

  • moon7296 A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes.
  • It looks like dummy and mannequin are the same.
  • Hi, Yes, in this sense they mean the same.
  • Regards
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moon7296A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes. It looks like dummy and mannequin are the same.
Hi,

Yes, in this sense they mean the same.

Regards
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The word "mannequin" has come to mean those plastic models of people you see in store windows, used to display clothes. Although these are "dummies," in a sense, you would never refer to them as dummies.

The word "dummy" has come to mean other things, for example, the doll that a ventriloquist uses, or those plastic models of people they use in crash tests of cars, or the plastic model o

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