as in dolls
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 dollies
Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.
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Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Most carts, dollies, and internal transport tools are discarded simply because a single part failed or the workflow changed.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Local garden designer Dabney Peeples helped with the planters, which are on dollies so they can be moved around to facilitate varying layouts.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Most carts, dollies, and internal transport tools are discarded simply because a single part failed or the workflow changed.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
Local garden designer Dabney Peeples helped with the planters, which are on dollies so they can be moved around to facilitate varying layouts.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollies
dolls
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The toy maker said worldwide gross billings for dolls, infant, toddler and preschool products were down.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Feb. 2026
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For much of the nineteenth century, dolls were made at home from corn husks, clothing scraps, and the like, or produced from expensive, fragile bisque porcelain and kept high up on shelves to be admired by grownup collectors, not pawed by clumsy kids.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Dollies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollies. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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