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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly bird
Noun
  • Trending Video For consistency, all of the prices reflect queen sizes.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The show created by and starring Florence Longpré, a queen of Canadian dramedy, is playing on Bell’s streamer Crave in Canada, and Canal+ in France.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Positioned on top of spring waters, this structure is home to the statue of the Greek goddess of health.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The sycamore species itself carries symbolic weight in world mythologies, linked to Hera, queen of the Greek gods; the World Tree in Celtic tradition; and Hathor, the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love and beauty.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But that’s also the beauty of it.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These beauties are smaller, with the foliage growing about 12 inches tall and the flowers extending above.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Frantzve was also a former beauty queen, having been crowned Miss Arizona USA in 2012.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The beauty queen was fatally shot in the head by a round from an assault rifle, and one of her friends was shot in the leg, officials said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Dolly bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly%20bird. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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