doll

Less common meanings

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   helpful personnounUScountable

   A kind person who is happy to help.

   Could you be a doll and hold this door for me?

   Our neighbor is a real doll, and she watered our plants all summer.

   UsagePeople say be a doll and help me, or you're a doll.

   Similarangel, dear, gem, star, sweetheart

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   trans personnounslangcountable

   A transgender woman, or another trans person whose identity leans female.

   She found a group of trans dolls who helped her feel at home.

   An older doll at the trans meetup helped her choose a new name.

   UsageUse it only for a person who uses the word about themselves.

   Note
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   nounslang

   A pill of a strong drug that calms people down or keeps them awake.

   Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have lost her nerve.

   1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls
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   nounobsoleteUS

   One dollar of money.
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   noundialectal

   The smallest pig born in a group, or the one people keep as a pet.
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    noun

    A barrier put up for a short time on a horse racing track.
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    verbUK

    To put a barrier in front of part of a race track so the horses do not use it.
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    noun

    A short post holding train signals, set on an arm of a main signal post or a frame over the tracks.
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    verbobsolete

    To warm something a little, so it is not cold and not hot.