subs. (venery).—1.  A mistress. For synonyms, see BARRACK-HACK and TART.

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  1647–48.  HERRICK, Hesperides, p. 38.

        Drink, and dance, and pipe, and play,
Kisse our DOLLIES night and day.

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  1843.  Punch, vol. V., p. 8. Dol is a pure Anglo-Saxon word signifying dull, erring—whence the English DOLLY, any one who has made a faux pas.

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  2.  (tailors’).—A piece of cloth used as a sponge.

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  3.  (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see CREAMSTICK and PRICK.

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  Adj. (popular).—Silly.

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  1864.  DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, bk. I., chap. 4. You are a chit and a little idiot, returned Bella, or you wouldn’t make such a DOLLY speech.

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