puppet-playing1
/ˈpʌpɪtˌpleɪɪŋ/rare
noun
The action of staging a puppet play; puppetry.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Acts & Articles Synod Reformed Churches France. From puppet + playing.
puppet-playing2
/ˈpʌpɪtˌpleɪɪŋ/rare
adjective
That operates a puppet or puppets.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Vicars (1580–1652), chronicler and poet. From puppet + playing.
- champion
- Champion, Gower
- Champion of England
- championship
- Champions League
- Champlain, Lake
- Champlain, Samuel de
- champlevé
- Champollion, Jean-François
- champ (or chomp or chafe) at the bit
- Champs-Élysées
- chana
- chance
- chancel
- chancellery
- chancellor
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- chancellorship
- Chancellorsville
- chance-medley
- chance one's arm (or luck)
- chancer
- chancery
- Chancery Division