fantoccini

[ fan-tuh-chee-nee ]

/ ˌfæn təˈtʃi ni /

puppets or marionettes manipulated by strings, wires, or mechanical devices.

a puppet show using these puppets.

Words nearby fantoccini

This was an exhibition called the Fantoccini, and far superior to any of the street performances which I have yet seen.

Three Years in Europe |William Wells Brown
Many who would turn away in disgust from Mr. Punch, will stand for hours and look at the performances of the Fantoccini.

Three Years in Europe |William Wells Brown
But to do Mr. Davis justice, he did not make his fantoccini suffer if he pulled the wires the wrong way.

Four Years in Rebel Capitals |T. C. DeLeon
See here—a month ago, on the other side of the mountains, I met a fantoccini player.

Folle-Farine |Ouida

Who ever knew the men of the republic shout like so many Italian fantoccini pulled by wires!

The Wing-and-Wing |J. Fenimore Cooper

fantoccini

/ (ˌfæntəˈtʃiːnɪ) /

marionettes

puppet shows in which they are used

C18: from Italian: little puppets, plural of fantoccino, from fantoccio puppet, from fante boy, from Latin infāns infant