They looked to him like convicts; or manikins-moving to the pull of the hour-string.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
During that night there was a strong suspicion upon every one's mind that something terrible was going to happen; for a great storm arose at midnight, and raged fearfully round the Red Sea tower, so that it seemed to rock, and when the night-watch went round to examine it, behold three toads crept out, and set themselves upright upon the parapet like little manikins, as the hares sometimes make themselves into manikins.
"Sidonia The Sorceress V1"
William Mienhold
The figures of the trio upon the raft were dwarfed at last to the size of manikins.
"The Corner House Girls on Palm Island"
Grace Brooks Hill Thelma Gooch