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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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doll
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n.
a small model of a human figure, often one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy.
∎ inf.
an attractive young woman, often with connotations of unintelligence and frivolity.
∎ inf.
an attractive young man.
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a generous or considerate person:
would you be a doll and set the table?
∎ inf.
used as an affectionate, sometimes offensive, form of address:
hey, doll, wanna dance?
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v. [tr.] (doll someone up) inf.
dress someone or oneself smartly and attractively:
I got all dolled up for a party.
∎ (doll something up) inf.
decorate or dress up something:
you can doll up a plain ham with spiced apples and kale.
ORIGIN: mid 16th cent. (denoting a mistress): nickname for the given name Dorothy. The sense ‘small model of a human figure’ dates from the late 17th cent.
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 "Sun Publications (IL)")
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DOLLS & DOLLARS
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 11/3/1999; 700+ words
; ...the same money that a good doll would have cost." DOLLS FOR FUN When buying a doll...for a first-time baby doll. These dolls also have lifelike features...bought Madame Alexander dolls for them." A collectible doll experiencing recent success...
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Toys - Doll Report, 2002: The Market, The Competitors, The Trends.
M2 Presswire; 1/2/2003; 700+ words
; ...research on doll market, including toys and play dolls, collectibles dolls, and doll gifts. Latest consumer and retailer survey...for the Study 2 Study Methodology 2 2 Total Doll Industry: Dolls && Accessories 3 Consumer Doll...
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Doll market puts on a happy face.
Magazine article from: Playthings; 5/5/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...especially in the baby doll segment. Shipments of baby dolls have fallen from...back to traditional dolls. * the widespread...retailer-sponsored doll shows, and * strong...Field's carries dolls year round in all their stores. "The doll business has had...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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DOLLS 'SPECIAL' TO COLLECTORS THEY ARE REMINDERS OF LONG-AGO TIMES AND FARAWAY PLACES
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/12/1988; 700+ words
; ...left, shows a Fergie doll, Roxia Erickson, center, has dolls from 1909, and Margaret...filling my house full of dolls. My first doll I purchased for 10 cents...make up the Federation of Doll Clubs, said Emory. Dolls, one of the most collected...
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DOLL DOCTOR
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 1/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...her job. She's a doll doctor. Ralston paints...on weathered antique dolls. She mends torn arms...Ralston has just five dolls - including a doll that belonged to her...aunt work on family dolls. She decided to give doll doctoring a shot...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Dolls rule; American girls and their American Girls have the time of their lives at store
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...girls in the audience practice the doll-hair stylist's technique on their dolls during the Doll Hair Salon Spectacular in Chicago...pumping water into the hair of their dolls. They clumsily manage to keep the doll onto their laps, sometimes dropping...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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DOLLS OF ALL SHADES WAY BEYOND BARBIE: COLLECTION SHOWS DIVERSITY.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 1/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...At the Swifton doll exhibit, more than 300 black dolls are on display...I. Roberta Bell Doll Guild, a local club...collectors of black dolls. The club was established...the Swifton Commons doll exhibit, adds two of the newest dolls to the display...
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DOLLS' HOUSE A RARE BLEND OF COLORS FLORINE CRAGWELL SELLS A RAINBOW OF LITTLE PEOPLE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...gazed past the darker dolls, pointed again at another white doll, and uttered the...and Native American dolls. The shop carries any doll that Cragwell sees...movement. She is also a doll maker. Cragwell...stories and by the dolls Roberts brought with...
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Doll-lover's dream
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 9/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...more than 2,000 dolls. The Ourants, of...owners of the Village Doll and Toy Shop. Both...wonderful opportunity for doll collectors to purchase...the most incredible dolls from France, England...many pretty miniature doll house furnishings...items. There are dolls made of cloth, ...
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 "AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)")
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Dolls played a vital role in life of Tucson woman.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 3/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...Hedgcock made cloth dolls and porcelains. She opened Greta's Doll Nook in 1979 and started...collecting and making of dolls," said Doll Guild member Georgia...like us." Greta's Doll Nook and the dolls his mother made were...
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Dolls
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
...century. The earliest doll-makers carved dolls out of wood and some...centers of European doll manufacture. Since...century, both toy dolls and fashion dolls...twentieth century. Doll Types The oldest dolls were all adult "lady...
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dolls
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...from a children's doll, and in some societies...adults passed religious dolls down to children as...the term ‘doll’ has been...adults' culture, dolls still retain associations...innovations in the doll's body and face...childhood. Late Victorian dolls assumed the ...
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doll
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...led also in the making of dolls' china heads. The doll industry in Paris developed dolls that could speak and close...During the 20th cent. doll manufacturing in the United...developed into a huge industry. Dolls have served various functions...
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Flower Dolls: Essays in Child Psychotherapy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
FLOWER DOLLS: ESSAYS IN CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY...with the Help of a Flower Doll), Fran ç oise...referred to as a marguerite doll — in the treatment...neither her animals nor her dolls, Dolto responded: "Perhaps she'd like a flower doll?" Bernadette responded...
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SIC 3942 Dolls and Stuffed Toys
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...engaged in manufacturing dolls, doll parts, and doll clothing...growing collection of ethnic dolls, Mattel introduced an...coloring—not the doll's features—...introduced other ethnic dolls, but these only imitated...
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