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Examples of wax museum in a Sentence
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Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror: This wax museum has pieces both classic and creepy.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024
Remember that chestnut about a retro ’50s diner being a wax museum with a pulse?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Though it could be interpreted as just part of the series (Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney appear as Dracula and the Wolf Man, but not Boris Karloff), the kid-friendly high jinks and self-aware scenario — with Abbott and Costello as delivery guys at a wax museum — push it into the realm of parody.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Clay’s sales director, Pat, asks whether the theater ought to have its family-variety-show impressionist, Matt, perform his pretty serviceable Michael Jackson, and tweak some of their signage to say see michael jackson at the wax museum and also here live on stage!
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
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“Wax museum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wax%20museum. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
wax museum
noun
: a place where wax figures (as of famous persons) are exhibited
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