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puppet

[puhp-it] / ˈpʌp ɪt /
NOUN
toy figure
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Sock Puppet City started back in 2006 selling portraits of puppets out of a New York City park and has evolved into a business that sells actual puppets and produces puppeteer-centric videos.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

Coulter has written or co-written several songs for Eurovision, including the UK's 1967 winning song, Puppet on a String, which singer Jade Thirlwall sampled last year.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

I do sort of wonder if everyone under the age of 25 is exclusively going to know Miss Piggy as, like, The Puppet That Sells Things.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

On March 30, the guild will sponsor the first of its three yearly Puppetzilla Puppet Slams at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood; there, puppet artists will present new work to an 18-and-over crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

“Someone’s been spending time with Puppet, haven’t they?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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