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wax museum
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wax museum
(noun)
wax museum
noun
plural
wax museums
wax museum
noun
plural
wax museums
Britannica Dictionary definition of WAX MUSEUM
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a museum that has wax statues of famous people
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called also
(British)
waxworks
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