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dolly
1. n. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore or laundry to be washed; a stirrer.
2. n. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
3. n. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
4. n. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
5. n. A small truck without steering means to be slipped under a load. (traditional UK artisan usage)
6. n. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
7. n. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
8. n. (childish, colloquial) A doll.
9. n. (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
10. n. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
11. v. (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
12. v. To move (an object) using a dolly.
13. v. To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
14. v. To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
15. v. To crush ore with a dolly.
16. adj. (Polari) Pretty; attractive.
17. adj. , year=1967
18. adj. , writer=Kenneth Horne
19. adj. , title=Bona Bijou Tourettes
20. adj. , series=Round the Horne
21. adj. , season=3
22. adj. , number=12
23. adj. , passage=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 - you

Example Sentences

Where's my beautiful dolly got to, eh?  He didn't know a skid from a floor dolly.  Pallets with boxes and bundles, a floor dolly to indicate the sort of business this is.  This cob is an experienced breeder and has a new dolly bird this spring.  Hairstyles are frowned on, and where absolutely necessary must conform to traditional corn dolly patterns.

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