Mawmet

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mawmet \Maw"met\, n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.]
     A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle
     Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped
     images representing Mohammed. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.
     [1913 Webster]