Kawthar.K.  +  607226 Sun, 07 Dec 08 11:01 AM How do we use the word "effigy" in a sentence? I cant really know the right connotation for it. Kawthar.K. Joined on Sun, Dec 7 2008 Kuwait; Junior Member 69 Sentences

	Avangi  +  607333 Sun, 07 Dec 08 01:50 PM We find effigies of Lincoln in many public parks and government buildings. It's a three-dimensional likeness, such as a statue or a voodoo doll.  Some are complimentary and some are not.  The best known useage is "We burned the bum in effigy," which describes the common practice of making a mock dummy of some despised person and burning it in front of an angry mob   -   hanging or otherwise (the effigy, that is.) Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,776 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain

	Avangi  +  607348 Sun, 07 Dec 08 02:16 PM It's common only in the expression "to burn in effigy."  This expression is so common it's used figuratively  "They burned him in effigy," meaning simply that he was seriously criticized in public    -    no doll, no fire. Avangi