Dolly Varden

English + (costume) thumb|Dolly Varden dress and hat thumb|Dolly Varden trout, Salvelinus malma species Etymology After a lively, coquettish character in Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge. Noun A woman's outfit, briefly fashionable in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usually flowered, dress with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt. A large hat, one side bent downwards, abundantly trimmed with flowers. en Dolly Varden crab. en Dolly Varden trout. en 2017 November–December Dean Oelschig Kamchatka: 61 Hours from Jo'burg The Mission: The Cult of Fly Fishing 6 54–55 Dolly Varden is the staple catch. To a point that, after two days, we find ourselves feeling guilty trying to shake them free from our fly or giving plenty of slack in the hope that another Dolly finds early freedom. Often the biggest challenge of hooking a big trout is avoiding Dollies. Derived terms en Dolly Varden cake en Dolly Varden crab en Dolly Varden trout en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works en Salmonids