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puppet

pup.pet \'p*p-*t\ n [ME popet, fr. MF poupette, dim. of (assumed) poupe 
   doll, fr.] L pupa 1: a small-scale figure of a human or other living being 
   often with jointed  limbs and moved by hand or by strings or wires 2: DOLL  
   3: one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence