dollie

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English

Etymology

From doll +‎ -ie.

Noun

dollie (plural dollies)

  1. Alternative form of dolly
    • 1882 February 1, “Dollie and Dottie”, in The Beacon Series of Papers for the People. By Well-known Authors, number 38, London: F. E. Longley, , pages 61–62:
      How delighted she was one day, when Mr. Crowe said she should have a dollie, all for her very own.
    • 1906, Hints:
      The first scene shows several little girls with their dollies enjoying a tea party, and in the act of singing “Go To Sleep, My Little Dollie,” after which they decide to journey North in search of Mistress Santa Claus.
    • 2000, Sharon Rolens, Worthy’s Town: A Novel, Bridge Works Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 227:
      He read the notice of the missing doll out loud. “I sure as hell could put that twenty-five bucks to healthy use. Trouble is finding a dollie to fit the bill.”
      “Could be I’ve got such a dollie.”
      “What would a growed man be doing with a dollie?”

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