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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
doll \doll\ (d[o^]l), noun [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.]
1. a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child's puppet.
2. an attractive woman or girl. [slang] [PJC]
Come along and be my party doll. --(The first words of the song)
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
doll
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
170 Moby Thesaurus words for "doll": Elzevir, Jane, agate, angel, babe, baby, baby-doll, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, biddy, bird, bitch, blocks, brick, broad, bust, buttercup, carving, checkerboard, cherub, chessboard, chick, chickabiddy, club, cockhorse, colleen, crackerjack, cricket bat, cue, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary, demoiselle, doll carriage, dolly, duck, duckling, dummy, duodecimo, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, filly, frail, gal, gewgaw, gimcrack, gingerbread man, girl, girlie, golf club, good Joe, good egg, good guy, heifer, hen, hobbyhorse, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hoyden, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, kickshaw, knickknack, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, lay figure, likely lad, little missy, love, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marble, marionette, microcosm, mig, mini, miniature, minny, minx, miss, missy, model, monument, nice guy, no slouch, nymphet, paper doll, pet, petkins, pick-up sticks, piece, pinwheel, plaything, portrait bust, precious, precious heart, puppet, pussycat, racket, rag doll, rocking horse, romp, scarecrow, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, sculpture, skirt, slip, snookums, snowman, sport, statuary, statue, statuette, steelie, stout fellow, subdeb, subdebutante, subminiature, subteen, subteener, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, taw, teenybopper, teetotum, tomato, tomboy, top, toy, toy soldier, trinket, trump, twelvemo, virgin, wax figure, waxwork, wench, whim-wham, wood carving, young creature, young thing
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