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1 noun(a) (in shop window, for dressmaking) mannequin m; (of ventriloquist) marionnette f; Finance (representative) prête-nom m, homme m de paille;∎ familiar standing there like a stuffed dummy planté comme un piquet∎ all the bottles are dummies toutes les bouteilles sont factices∎ he is dummy c'est lui le mort∎ to sell sb a dummy feinter qn(fake) factice;∎ this is just a dummy version ce n'est qu'un modèle facticeSport feinterSport feinter►► Finance dummy buyer acheteur(euse) m,f prête-nom;dummy company société f fictive;dummy issue numéro m zéro;∎ to give sth a dummy run faire l'essai de qch∎ he decided to dummy up il a décidé de la boucler -
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A n1 ( model) mannequin m ; tailor's dummy mannequin de couturier ; ventriloquist's dummy poupée f de ventriloque ;5 (imitation, object) imitation f ;7 Fin prête-nom m ;9 Ling explétif m.B modif [fruit, furniture, drawer] factice ; [passport, document] faux/fausse ; [bullet] à blanc ; [shell, bomb] d'exercice ; Fin [company] bidon ○ inv.■ dummy up ○ US refuser de parler.
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