lay figure
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
lay figure (plural lay figures)
- A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 243:
- ‘I have a great mind to break all your gashly images about the head of your fine Miss, in her silks and satins;’—mistaking his lay-figure for a living model of the highest sort.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 243:
- An unimportant person; a character (especially in fiction) lacking individuality.
Synonyms[edit]
- (jointed model of human body): dummy, mannequin
- (unimportant person): Joe Average
Translations[edit]
jointed model — see dummy
unimportant person — see Joe Average