as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Recent Examples of dolly
The actor started out walking, then stepped onto a board that had been attached to a dolly, which was on a track, kept going forward, and then lifted him up.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2024
This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
And there’s little tears out of these big men that are pushing dollies and things.
—Colleen Bidwill, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Workers inspected the grooves for imperfections, fed album jackets into a shrink-wrapper and stacked the finished products on tall dollies for shipping.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2024
This cake type was the sort fed to train and trench weary doughboys by Great War doughnut lassies (or doughnut dollies, depending) and flour, baking powder, sugar, and lard were all in good supply for the duration.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
And there’s little tears out of these big men that are pushing dollies and things.
—Colleen Bidwill, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Workers inspected the grooves for imperfections, fed album jackets into a shrink-wrapper and stacked the finished products on tall dollies for shipping.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly
doll
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For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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