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Definition of Puppetries
1. puppetry [n] - See also: puppetry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppetries
Literary usage of Puppetries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays, Moral and Political by Robert Southey (1832)
"... effects have not yet ceased: the attachment of the peasantry to their roods
and puppetries was broken, but no wiser attachment was substituted for it. ..."
2. The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register by Richard Phillips (1841)
"The attachment of the peasantry," says Mr. Southey, " to their roods and puppetries
was broken, but no wiser attachment was substituted for it. ..."
3. Everyday Christian Life, Or, Sermons by the Way by Frederic William Farrar (1887)
"The puppetries of wealth and rank, the pretentious dignities of a little brief
authority have no place here. ..."
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