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Dolly
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dolly
English
Proper noun
s
en female Dorothy,Dolores,Doris.
en 1989 John Banville The Book of Evidence 41 Her name is Dorothy, though everyone has always called her Dolly. I do not know why, for there is nothing doll-like about her. She is a large, vigorous woman with the broad face and heavy hair of a tinker's wife.
en-US Joe Coscarelli Dolly Parton Bows Out of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination w:The New York Times 2022-03-14 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/arts/music/dolly-parton-hall-of-fame.html 0362-4331 Dolly Parton does not feel rock ’n’ roll enough for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame https://web.archive.org/web/20220323013742/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/arts/music/dolly-parton-hall-of-fame.html
Derived terms
en Dollys Flat Dolly Varden crab
Noun
en poker en Dolly Parton.
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.
Anagrams
en dlloy Lloyd oldly
en Salmonids
en eponyms