waxwork noun2 •A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork. — 1885 •The art of producing such figures.Waxwork is a fine art, but it differs from all other fine arts in that its main purpose is one that is expressly rejected by all those other arts. — 1926 formswaxworks
