waxwork

waxwork
waxworker, n.
/waks"werrk'/, n.
1. a figure, ornament, or other object made of wax, or esp. the life-size effigy of a person.
2. the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens.
[1690-1700; WAX1 + WORK]

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