Definitions for mannikin

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mannikin man·ni·kin

Spelling: [man-i-kin]

IPA: /ˈmæn ɪ kɪn/

Mannikin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in mannikin (aiikmnnn).

Definitions for mannikin

noun

1. manikin.
2. any of several estrildine finches of the genus Lonchura, of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands, often kept as cage birds.
3. a little man; dwarf; pygmy.
4. mannequin.
5. a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.

Origin of mannikin

variant of manikin

Examples for mannikin

She ought to be a mannikin when she grows up, and try on coats and mantles in shops.

The story of the mannikin who is clever at spinning or weaving is widespread.

“Sing,” said the mannikin, and the Miserable repeated the song.

I'm not quite the tailor's mannikin that I was in the old days at the 'Varsity.

I look into my mind and discover I am too much of a mannikin to have any.

"mannikin or not, that will I never do," shouted Asa Thor after the giant.

At which one can only stare, as at a mannikin attacking a colossus.

We call him the mannikin of the North with Southern principles—Van's mignonette.

Gadderman; a boy who puts on the airs of a man; a mannikin or manneen, which see.

The mannikin said, ‘My business is with your father, and not with you.’