as in dolls
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother
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Lily Hope, a Lingít master weaver, is using the popular Labubu dolls to raise awareness of Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025 -
Other collab dolls and non-series versions will ring you up for more than $20 and closer to $51.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Poppets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poppets. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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