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poppet

noun

ˈpä-pət

Definition of poppet

Midland

as in doll

a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother

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Recent Examples of poppet The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up. — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024 Between 1902 and 1904, she was granted eight patents related to rotary engines, including sleeve-valve innovations that were improvements over conventional poppet valves. — John Greathouse, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021 Other events, Nunez says, have included poetry readings, concerts, tarot-card readings, artist gatherings, pop-up exhibits and workshops to make wands, intention poppets and other magical tools. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2019

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doll

Noun

Objects on display range from the very small—a Palladian-style, mahogany doll’s house from the seventeen-twenties—to the very large.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Pull some treats from the open coffin at Scotto Funeral Home, on the corner of Court Street and 2nd Place, then head to President near Hoyt to gawk at bloodstained windows and mutilated dolls.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

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