Pinocchio
noun/pɪˈnəʊkiəʊ/
/pɪˈnəʊkiəʊ/
- 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.
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