a doll

  • 81Doll, Highland — Coordinates: 58°00′06″N 3°52′57″W / 58.001783°N 3.882387°W / 58.001783; 3.882387 …

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  • 82doll — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, tiny ▪ china, paper, plastic, porcelain, rag, wooden ▪ a child playing with a rag doll …

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  • 83doll — doll1 S3 [dɔl US da:l, do:l] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: The female name Doll, from Dorothy] 1.) a child s toy that looks like a small person or baby ▪ a small wooden doll 2.) old fashioned informal a word meaning an attractive young woman now… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 84doll — doll1 [ dal ] noun * 1. ) count a children s toy in the shape of a small person 2. ) count INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED an attractive woman. This word is now usually considered offensive. 3. ) singular AMERICAN INFORMAL a nice person: Be a doll and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 85doll — I UK [dɒl] / US [dɑl] noun Word forms doll : singular doll plural dolls * 1) [countable] a children s toy in the shape of a small person 2) [singular] American informal a nice person II UK [dɒl] / US [dɑl] verb Word forms doll : present tense… …

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  • 86doll — [[t]dɒl[/t]] n. 1) a small figure representing a baby or other human being, used esp. as a child s toy 2) sts Slang. a) sex a girl or woman b) sex a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman c) sex a physically attractive person d) sex a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 87Doll, Sir Richard Shaboe — ▪ 2006       British epidemiologist (b. Oct. 28, 1912, Hampton, Middlesex, Eng. d. July 24, 2005, Oxford, Eng.), with his colleague Austin (later Sir Austin) Bradford Hill, definitively established the link between cigarette smoking and lung… …

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  • 88doll — Synonyms and related words: Elzevir, Jane, agate, angel, babe, baby, baby doll, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, biddy, bird, bitch, blocks, brick, broad, bust, buttercup, carving, checkerboard, cherub, chessboard, chick, chickabiddy …

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  • 89doll — 1 noun 1 (C) a child s toy that looks like a small person 2 (C) slang a word meaning an attractive young woman, that is now usually considered offensive 3 (singular) AmE informal a very nice person: Jim s a real doll he let me borrow his car. 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 90doll up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms doll up : present tense I/you/we/they doll up he/she/it dolls up present participle dolling up past tense dolled up past participle dolled up informal doll someone up to make someone or yourself look… …

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