cardboard cut-out
noun/ˌkɑːdbɔːd ˈkʌt aʊt/
/ˌkɑːrdbɔːrd ˈkʌt aʊt/
- a picture of somebody/something that is stuck on a piece of cardboard and cut out
- There was a life-size cardboard cut-out of Elvis Presley in the shop window.
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- a character in a book, film, TV show, etc. who does not seem like a real person
- He plays the two-dimensional, cardboard cut-out villain.
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