mau|met

mau|met
mau|met «M miht», noun.
1. British Dialect. a dressed-up figure such as a doll or puppet.
2. Obsolete. a false god; idol. Also, mammet.
[< Old French mahumet idol < Mahumet Mahomet (from the old belief that he was considered divine)]

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