Doll
[dɒl] or [dɑl]
Definition
(n.) A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Puppet (for a child), baby.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assume, wear
ANT:Doff, cast
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Definition
n. a puppet or toy-baby for a child: a pretty but silly woman: the smallest or pet pig in a litter.—ns. Doll′dom; Doll′hood; Doll′ship; Doll's′-house.
Editor: Rufus
Examples
- She was a golden-haired doll! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have come for little Miss Harmonses doll,' said Sloppy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If a girl, doll or no doll, swoons within a yard or two of a man's nose, he can see it without a perspective-glass. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mrs. BETH BOUNCER will open her new assortment of Doll's Millinery next week. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then, what induced you to take charge of such a little doll as that? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am er man,' said Mr Dolls, with majesty, 'er get it, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My dear Mortimer--Mr Dolls. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr Dolls, collapsing in the drowsiest manner after his late intellectual triumph, replied: 'Threepenn'orth Rum. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We could see now that the statue on the top of each was the size of a large man, though they all looked like dolls from the street. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I light it--draw one puff--breathe the smoke out--there it goes--it's Dolls! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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