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 His dollies through agrarian acres are not meant to drum up suspense. Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for dolly
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doll
Noun
  • Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • This time, however, the doll is unnesting nearly three years after launch.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025

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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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