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A prototype or mock-up, especially of a book or the layout of a page
“You read through the reference and tutorial material to work out how things may best be done, set up a dummy page to try them out, and then you find the snag.”
A person who lacks intelligence
“He was no dummy and you had to be slick when playing this kind of game around him.”
A figure used for displaying or fitting clothes
“The dressmaker's dummy and a blue wing chair that is used repeatedly are symbolic of the upper-middle-class venues of Mammy's travail.”
A plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby
A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated
Fake pill
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema)
Dressmaker's mannequin
A specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis
A nominal leader or head without real power
A quick and nimble move, typically to elude
A dummy or jointed manikin of a human body used by artists, especially for arranging drapery on
Puppet used for ventriloquism
Unnatural, artificial or fake in nature
“Soldiers were still using dummy guns.”
Mentally deficient or underdeveloped
Sample or specimen
Lacking in intelligence, or unable to comprehend ideas
Taking the place of that which came before
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