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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
glove puppet
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Charles collapsed like a glove puppet with the hand withdrawn, and stood for a long moment, sagging.
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glove puppet

n. A type of puppet normally worn on the hand like a glove.

WordNet
glove puppet

n. a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head; fits over the hand [syn: hand puppet, glove doll]

Usage examples of "glove puppet".

The thing at the centre of the mass twitched, pulsing in time to the motion of Raisa's rib cage like the arm below a glove puppet.

But it seemed certain that they were able to enter it and use it as a kind of glove puppet.

The Gayle who so entranced you is really nothing more than a glove puppet.

The car hits her with an impact that crumples the grille and tosses her into the air like a glove puppet.

People go around talking about mystic harmonies and cosmic balances and unicorns, all of which is to real magic what a glove puppet is to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Lemuel reached over Isaacs shoulder to shoot, but Vermishank tugged Isaac around like some grotesque glove puppet, knocking the pistol out of Lemuels hand.