Doll Meaning
/dɒl/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
nounAn attractive young woman.
Sentence Examples
Show me the doll that you bought yesterday.
What a lovely doll!
CEFR Practice Quiz
The little girl dressed her favorite ____ in a pink dress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Show me the ____ that you bought yesterday.
Word Origin & History
From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""A thousand dollars are money, my father used to say when he drove fat oxen to market," replied John Wilde, in a mocking tone; "but it will not leave my hands for that shabby price; and, for my own part, it may ornament the foot of my daughter's doll.""
— 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 316:
"Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you."
— 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:
"Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!”"
— 1952 September 29, “"BOP VOCABULARY" section, inside of "That Crazy Bop Joke Craze"”, in LIFE Magazine, New York, U.S., page 69:
""They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked."
— 2008, Stephen King, Willa:
"Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!"
— 2017, “Skate-lebrity”, in The ZhuZhus, spoken by Chunk:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The little girl dressed her favorite ____ in a pink dress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Show me the ____ that you bought yesterday.