ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : an effigy in wax usually representing a person
she sat so still that she might have been a waxwork — Agatha Christie
b. waxworks plural but singular or plural in construction : an exhibition of wax effigies
visited a waxworks
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