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Doll
Definitions
- 1 A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC8803).
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
"O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll."
- 3 A surname.
- 1 A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
- 2 A temporary barrier used in horse racing.
"On a beautiful spring morning, after the “dolls and chains” had been removed to allow the horses room to pass through, in galloping “across the flat,” […]"
- 3 Synonym of dollar. US, obsolete
- 4 Obsolete form of dal. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
- 5 a small replica of a person; used as a toy wordnet
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- 6 An attractive young woman. slang
"Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you."
- 7 informal terms for a (young) woman wordnet
- 8 An attractive young woman.; A transgender woman or transfeminine person, especially one that has a highly sexual and feminine personal style. slang
- 9 An attractive young woman.; A transgender woman or transfeminine person, in general. slang
- 10 A term of endearment Australia, Scotland, US, dated
"Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!”"
- 11 A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person. US
"Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?"
- 12 The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- 13 A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
"The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other."
- 14 A barbiturate or amphetamine pill. slang
"Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have lost her nerve."
- 1 Synonym of doll up.
- 2 To place a barrier in front of (a section of the course that is to be omitted from a horse race). UK, transitive
- 3 To warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1 sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1 sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Probably variant of archaic dool (“boundary marker”).
Probably variant of archaic dool (“boundary marker”).
Clipping of dollar.
Possibly same as dull (whence Middle English doll).
* As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel. * As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.
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