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Definition of Puppet show
1. Noun. A show in which the actors are puppets.
Definition of Puppet show
1. Noun. A show, theatrical performance, in which the parts are played by puppets impersonating human or other characters ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppet Show
Literary usage of Puppet show
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1836)
"Punch was produced; but Punch, I trow, Divested of his puppet-show, Was nothing,
... Preposterous peer ! far better go To thy congenial puppet-show, ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Jonson has given us a fair specimen of the burlesque in his own puppet-show of '
Hero and Leander.' Old Pepys did not like the puppet- show ; but that is no ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Old Pepys did not like the puppet- show ; but that is no great matter from the
man who calls ' A Midsummer Night's Dream' " the most insipid, ..."
4. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"IT was in returning from this place of peace that he had that crowning inspiration
about the puppet show, which is why in the darkness of that very evening ..."
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