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Definition of Dolls
1. doll [v] - See also: doll
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolls
Literary usage of Dolls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"Proponents of anatomical dolls maintain that, when properly used, the dolls can
facilitate and enhance interviews with children.5 dolls can help with the ..."
2. Higher Arithmetic by James Bates Thomson (1863)
"4 mills, and 46 dolls. 18 cts. 4 mills ? 16. What is the sum of 61 dolls. 1 ct.
... 7 cts., and 29 dolls. 5 mills? 18. What is the sum of 860 dolls. ..."
3. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"If the wig comes off dolls, they are often treated as babies; ... For some little
children dolls with hair have no charm, and as children grow older they ..."
4. The Scholar's Arithmetic, Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form by Daniel Adams (1812)
"861,12 for 9 months, 25 days at 7 per cent ? Ans. dolls. 49394. 14. ... 15 21
13 \r 18 Ans. dolls. 237 76 cents. To facilitate the operation, ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"And every room is full to overflowing of dolls— dolls—dolls ! dolls in cupboards,
dolls on racks, dolls on tables, dolls with eves separate article of ..."
6. London labour and the London poor: Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings by Henry Mayhew (1861)
"THE making of dolls, like that of many a thing required for a mere recreation,
a toy, a pastime, is often carried on amidst squalor, wretchedness, ..."