Obs. rare–1. [ad. It. burattino “quel fantoccio di cenci o di legno, con molti de’ quali il burattinajo rappresenta commedie e farse’ (Tommaseo and Bellini).] A puppet; ‘a sillie gull in a Comedie’ (Florio).
1617. B. Jonson, Vis. of Delight, 19. A she monster delivered of sixe Burratines, that dance with sixe Pantalones.
