rag doll
noun
1
: a stuffed usually painted cloth doll
2
Ragdoll
ˈrag-ˌdäl 
or ragdoll
[former trademark]
: any of a breed of large, blue-eyed domestic cats that have a long, silky coat with a colorpoint pattern and that typically become limp when picked up or held
-ˌdȯl
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The industry functions on a delicate infrastructure of intimidation, backbiting, and the occasional contract amid endless favors, yanking Aasmaan through its machinations like a rag doll in the wind.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
The museum also held workshops on weaving motankas (traditional Ukrainian rag dolls) and a blacksmithing festival.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
That drive, which included another sack where Burrow was tossed like a rag doll, was exactly what Bengals fans did not want to see.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Without warning or notice the door opens and the bull bolted into the arena, throwing Horton around like a rag doll.
—Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
The museum also held workshops on weaving motankas (traditional Ukrainian rag dolls) and a blacksmithing festival.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
That drive, which included another sack where Burrow was tossed like a rag doll, was exactly what Bengals fans did not want to see.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Without warning or notice the door opens and the bull bolted into the arena, throwing Horton around like a rag doll.
—Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rag%20doll. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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