Dolly (Fauré)
WordNet
noun
(1) A small replica of a person; used as a toy
(2) Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
(3) Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, and later also of Dolores.
- Dolly Parton
Quotations
- 1989 John Banville: The Book of Evidence. page 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.