dolly

UK /ˈdɑli/ US /ˈdɑli/
noun 8verb 5adj 2name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A doll.

‘He pushed one of my dolly’s eyes in,’ sobbed Dora, hugging her dolly as she replied.

2

A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.

3

A contrivance for stirring:

LAUNDRY. 1 Dolly tub and pegs 2 Mangle 3 Washing machine

In its most common form, the dolly was a four- or five-legged stool attached to an upright handle about three feet long with a crossbar handle at the top.

4

A contrivance for stirring:

The dolly tub or rinsing bucket, fig. 630., has an upright shaft which bears the vane or dolly a b, turned by the winch handle.

5

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

A, is the steam or air cylinder for forcing the dolly B, hard against the rivet head while rivetting: when used for making rivets the dolly B, is unshipped, and the rivet heading apparatus substituted.

verb

1

To hit a dolly.

2

To move (an object) using a dolly.

3

To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.

4

To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.

5

To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.

adj

1

Pretty; attractive.

Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil.

She minces past the brandy latch / to vada dolly dish for trade, silly / with oomph and taste to park.

2

Left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh).

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