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Recent Examples of dolly bird These girls were miles apart from the dolly birds and English roses across the channel. Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023 Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of ’70s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from ’60s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019 The archetypal 60's dolly birds, as they were called. Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 May 2018 She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird, a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2013 Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of ’70s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from ’60s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019 She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird, a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2013 The archetypal 60's dolly birds, as they were called. Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly bird
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • The event will celebrate the site’s cultural legacy with traditional rituals, art and a ceremony to honor the goddess Pachamama.
    Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
  • Hilaria was celebrated at the end of March by devotees of the goddess Cybele, the History Channel reports.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s a rare beauty in waking up to the reddish-orange glow of the morning sun over lush vineyards after a good night’s sleep under a twinkling night sky.
    Rafael Peña, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
  • Send Vogue’s senior beauty & wellness editor an email at beauty@vogue.com.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The legendary Gator, 37, and onetime beauty queen (neé Nel-Peters) met in 2018 at an annual Night to Shine charity event for people with special needs.
    Madeleine Marr July 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
  • Hometown beauty queen Barbara Parker is plucked from obscurity and rebranded as Sophie Straw, the star of the BBC’s latest hit comedy.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025

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“Dolly bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly%20bird. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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