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Dolly

Dol′ly

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Noun.
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pl.
Dollies
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1.
(Mining)
A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
2.
(Mach.)
A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Knight.
3.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
4.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
5.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dol′ly

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Noun.
A child’s mane for a doll.
Dolly shop
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a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll.
[England]

Definition 2025

Dolly

Dolly

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Dolly

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, and later also of Dolores.
  2. (poker) Dolly Parton

Quotations

  • 1989 John Banville: The Book of Evidence. page 41:
    Her name is Dorothy, though everyone has always called her Dolly. I do not know why, for there is nothing doll-like about her. She is a large, vigorous woman with the broad face and heavy hair of a tinker's wife.

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Noun

dolly ‎(plural dollies)

  1. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
  2. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
  4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
  5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
  6. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
  7. (childish, colloquial) A doll.
  8. (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
    • 1978, John McGrath, Yobbo nowt (page 39)
      But really you get your money from selling things — that's your line, and your Dad's isn't it? Using sexy dollies to con money out of people who've had to work for it. Well my daughter's not just a sugar-plum fairy to titillate men's fantasies, you know.
    • 1996, Billboard (number 45, page 24)
      This glorious collection should be passed around clubland as a textbook study in making a seamless transition from being a disco dolly to a serious pop vocalist.
  9. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

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dolly ‎(third-person singular simple present dollies, present participle dollying, simple past and past participle dollied)

  1. (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
  2. To move an object using a dolly.

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