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Dolly Daydream
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English
2017 February 19
thumb|The cover of the sheet music for the song “Little Dolly Daydream” (1897) by English composer Leslie Stuart (1863–1928)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
en /ˈdɑli ˈdeɪdɹiːm/ RP
en /ˈdɒli ˈdeɪdɹiːm/ GA
en en-au-Dolly Daydream.ogg AU
en Dol ly Day dream
Noun
Dolly Daydream
A girl or woman given to daydreaming.
en w:Leslie Stuart w:Eugene Stratton Little Dolly Daydream: Pride of Idaho London w:Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. 1897 47314690 Little Dolly Daydream, pride of Idaho: so now ye know! / And when ye go, ye'll see there's somethin' on her mind, don't think it's you. / 'Kase no one's got to kiss dat garl but me.
en Tess Stevens Freedom and Love Sold: A Young Girl Betrayed by Her Mother into a Life of Vice London w:Hodder & Stoughton 2008 978-0-340-96214-5 In fact nobody knew what Jess wanted, least of all herself. She just kind of drifted round the place. She'd always been a Dolly Daydream, as Mother called her, and she seemed to have even less backbone than me.
en Melanie Hudson 10 The Wedding Cake Tree Camberley, Surrey Choc Lit 2012 978-0-9574437-0-9 She smiled at the memory of Mum. 'She was such a Dolly Daydream that mother of yours.'
Hypernyms
en daydreamer
en eponyms
en People