manikins

Noun

manikin (plural manikins)

1. A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
   • This is a dear manikin to you, Sir Toby.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   homunculus, midget, peewee, shorty, titman

2. A three-dimensional figure, dummy or effigy representing a man or person.
   • […] he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the color of a three days’ old Congo baby. Remembering the embalmed head, at first I almost thought that this black manikin was a real baby preserved in some similar manner....1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC