pantine
/ˈpantiːn/ /ˈpantʌɪn/Now rare
noun
A puppet-like toy, usually of pasteboard, consisting of a figure of a human being (sometimes a caricature of a famous person) with a jointed body and limbs moved by pulling a thread or wire.
- Invented in France in the mid 18th cent. and fashionable throughout the rest of the century..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in The London Magazine. From French pantin, further etymology uncertain.
- spline curve
- splint
- splint bone
- splinter
- splinter bar
- splinter group
- splinter party
- splinter-proof
- splintery
- split
- splitboard
- split-brain
- split decision
- split end
- split hairs
- split-half
- split image
- split infinitive
- split-level
- split one's sides (also split a gut)
- split pea
- split-personality disorder
- split-phase
- split pin
- split-rail