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doll 
  n 
1 a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy 
2 Slang a pretty girl or woman of little intelligence: sometimes used as a term of address 
  (C16: probably from Doll, pet name for Dorothy) 
♦  dollish  adj 
♦  dollishly  adv 
♦  dollishness  n 

Barbie doll , Barbie 
  n 
1 Trademark a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories 
2 Slang, usually derogatory a superficially attractive but insipid young woman 
doll up 
  vb tr, adv 
Slang to adorn or dress (oneself or another, esp. a child) in a stylish or showy manner 
Dutch doll 
  n a jointed wooden doll 
kewpie doll 
  n  (U.S. and Canadian) 
1 any brightly coloured doll, commonly given as a prize at carnivals 
2 caps Trademark a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head 
  (C20 kewpie, perhaps from Cupid) 
Russian doll 
  n any of a set of hollow wooden figures, each of which splits in half to contain the next smallest figure, down to the smallest 

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