Associations to the word «Mannikin»

Wiktionary

MANNIKIN, noun. Any of several Asiatic passerine birds of the genus Mannikin.

Dictionary definition

MANNIKIN, noun. A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.
MANNIKIN, noun. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin".
MANNIKIN, noun. A life-size dummy used to display clothes.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke