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Dolly   /dˈɑli/   Listen
noun
Dolly  n.  (pl. dollies)  
1.
(Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
2.
(Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
3.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
4.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
5.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.


Dolly  n.  A child's mane for a doll.
Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. (England)





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"Dolly" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dolly and May were delighted, and Mother said they might stay out all the morning. For the first hour they were very happy—there were so many new things to show Charlie; but he was one of those restless boys who get tired ...
— Laugh and Play - A Collection of Original stories • Various
... Dick and Dolly are brother and sister, and their games, their pranks, their joys and sorrows, are told in a manner which makes the stories ...
— The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp - Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats • Laura Lee Hope
... I could make as good a guess as you could at what young Mrs. Vandeman's capable of; a dolly face, and behind ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan
... was said that he carried out books in his ship, and read and studied, and wrote observations on all the countries he saw, which Parson Smith told Miss Dolly Persimmon would really do credit to a printed book; but then they never were printed, or, as Miss Dolly remarked of them, they never seemed to come to anything,—and coming to anything, as she understood it, meant standing in definite relations ...
— The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 • Various
... dolly, Lewie. If you will be very careful, I will let you take her. See her beautiful eyes! Will Lewie make her open and shut ...
— Lewie - Or, The Bended Twig • Cousin Cicely


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