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