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Definition of Dolly Varden
1. Noun. A woman's outfit, briefly fashionable in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usually flowered, dress with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt. ¹
2. Noun. ''Salvelinus malma malma'', a fish in the salmon family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dolly Varden
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1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-coloured mantle and cherry-coloured ribbons.
2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.
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