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• Peg wooden doll — Dutch doll from Val Gardena, late 19th century Peg wooden dolls also known as Dutch dolls is a type of wooden doll from Germany and the Netherlands. They originated as simple lathe turned dolls from the Val Gardena in the Alps.[1] Thes …   Wikipedia

• doll — doll1 S3 [dɔl US da:l, do:l] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: The female name Doll, from Dorothy] 1.) a child s toy that looks like a small person or baby ▪ a small wooden doll 2.) old fashioned informal a word meaning an attractive young woman now… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• doll|y — «DOL ee», noun, plural doll|ies, verb, doll|ied, doll|y|ing. –n. 1. a child s name for a doll: »The little girl was crying, saying that a dog had taken her rag dolly. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• Doll — For other uses, see Doll (disambiguation). European bisque doll from the 1870s A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have traditionally been used in magic and religious rituals throughout the world, and… …   Wikipedia

• doll — dollish, doll like, adj. dollishly, adv. dollishness, n. /dol/, n. 1. a small figure representing a baby or other human being, esp. for use as a child s toy. 2. Slang. a. a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman. b. a girl or woman, esp …   Universalium

• Doll — /dol/, n. a female given name, form of Dorothy. * * * Small scale figure of a human being or animal, used especially as a child s plaything. The doll is perhaps humankind s oldest toy. Some ancient dolls may have served religious or magical… …   Universalium

• doll — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, tiny ▪ china, paper, plastic, porcelain, rag, wooden ▪ a child playing with a rag doll …   Collocations dictionary

• wooden — adj. Wooden is used with these nouns: ↑acting, ↑barracks, ↑barrel, ↑barricade, ↑bat, ↑baton, ↑bead, ↑beam, ↑bench, ↑block, ↑boat, ↑bookcase, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Peg wooden dolls — are some of the oldest surviving dolls, and were made worldwide. Although the term peg wooden refers to a jointing technique where the arms and/or legs are attached to the body with pegs, this term came to be synonymous with simple lathe turned… …   Wikipedia

• Russian doll — Russian dolls N COUNT A Russian doll is a hollow wooden doll that is made in two halves. Inside it are a series of similar wooden dolls, each smaller than the last, placed one inside the other …   English dictionary

• Matrioshka doll — n. Russian nesting doll which is a hollow wooden doll that can be pulled apart to display another figure of the same type inside and then another inside this one and so on (there are usually 6 or more nested figures) …   English contemporary dictionary