Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doll"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doll \Doll\, n. [A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an
abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D.
dollen to rave, and E. dull.]
A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doll
n 1: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: {dolly}]
2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {wench}, {skirt},
{chick}, {bird}]
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