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Those in the audience who had been picturing tiny little hand puppets were blown away by the larger-than-life size of the animals.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Humans are able to learn from very few examples, meaning that even a single encounter can solidify the connection between a silver hand puppet and the phonemes that comprise robot.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Jason eventually finds his voice through his crude hand puppet, Tyrone, who says and does things that Jason could only dream of.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
NYPD Blue detectives Sipowicz and Simone are brought in to interrogate the smart-alecky hand puppet.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
In this 2003 episode, Cartman wins first place in a Latino culture contest by showcasing his special guest, Jennifer Lopez, who turns out to be a crude hand puppet.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2022
This iteration makes a gesture like a hand puppet in repose, or the letter A in American Sign Language.
—Lauren Mechling, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2022
Second place receives a fabulous soft rubbery hand puppet depicting a, well, some indeterminate aquatic creature; guesses included a shark, barracuda, alligator and dinosaur.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2021
Other political efforts dovetailed with his art, which veered from grand 80-foot-long sculptures to whimsical hand puppets and felt hats.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2019
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First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
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“Hand puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20puppet. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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