manikin



Lilliputian, brownie, bust, carving, doll, dolly, dummy, dwarf, elf, figure, figurehead, figurine, gnome, lay figure, mannequin,

   upgrade - abruptness, acclivity, acculturate, advance, aggrandize, ameliorate, amend, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascent, aslant, at a slant, atilt, better,

   peachy - OK, ace-high, bad, bang-up, boss, bully, but good, cool, corking, dandy, delicious, divine, downy, ducky, feathery,

   congressional district - archbishopric, archdiocese, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, canton, city, close borough, commune, county, diocese, district, duchy, election district, electoral district,

   burning shame - byword, disgrace, humiliation, reproach, scandal, shame ,

   stapler - buffer, lathe, tool ,

   smokiness - dullness, grey, haze ,

   and no mistake - absolutely, assuredly, at any rate, by all means, certainly, clearly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, forsooth, indeed, of course, positively, surely, truly ,

   strangling - asphyxia, asphyxiation, beheading, burning, capital punishment, censorship, choke, choking, constrictive, contrary, counter-productive, crackdown, crosswise, crucifixion, crushing,

   inaptness - abnormality, anomaly, impropriety, inability, inadequacy, inappropriateness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, ineptitude, infelicity, irrelevance, maladjustment,

   marmoset - ape, gorilla, man, primate ,