Other forms: dolls
A doll is a toy that looks like a small person. A rag doll, play with dolls, a china doll.
Dolls are among the oldest toys there are, found in graves thousands of years old. Russian dolls nest inside one another. A doll is also a person, said affectionately or condescendingly depending entirely on who says it. Note dolled up, meaning dressed elaborately; and that doll comes from Doll, a pet form of the name Dorothy, so the toy is named after a girl.
1noundollA toy that looks like a small person.
“The little girl dressed her doll and put it to bed in a toy cot.”
doll is a toy.
Doll is a pet form of the name Dorothy, applied first to a girl and then to the toy. English does this often — a jack, a jenny, a robin.
From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy. amphetamine was and popularized by coined by Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA