English Dictionary

dolly

/ˈdɑli/

noun

(childish, colloquial) A doll. / (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust. / A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

I used to play with my dolly when I was a child.

意味（1）

(childish, colloquial) A doll.

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

‘He pushed one of my dolly’s eyes in,’ sobbed Dora, hugging her dolly as she replied. https://books.google.com/books?id=pbQAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA344

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

LAUNDRY.

1 Dolly tub and pegs

2 Mangle

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

意味（4）

A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.

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.

意味（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.

意味（6）

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

意味（7）

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

意味（8）

A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.

意味（9）

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

意味（10）

(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

意味（11）

(slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.

But really you get your money from selling things — that's your line, and your Dad's isn't it? Using sexy dollies to con money out of people who've had to work for it. Well my daughter's not just a sugar-plum fairy to titillate men's fantasies, you know.

意味（12）

(slang, UK, dated) A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.

Spotlight on the other hand is remarkable for prices and skirt lengths to suit the teenyboppers[…] Appeal: to a lunchtime horde of date-going dollies who cannot really afford another dress.

意味（13）

(cricket, dated) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

意味（14）

(gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.