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Definition of Pinocchio noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Pinocchio

noun
pinocchio pronunciation English pɪˈnəʊkiəʊ pinocchio pronunciation American pɪˈnoʊkioʊ
 
a character in a children's story who changes from a wooden figure into a boy. Whenever he tells a lie, his nose grows longer
Cartoons showed the Minister as a long-nosed Pinocchio.