词汇 | dolly |
释义 | dolly Ⅰ 1. adjective attractive, pretty; nice. Polari UK, 1964 2. noun 1 the vagina. In the C19, a 'dolly' was a 'penis', possibly from a 'child's dolly' (a toy a girl might play with); equally, it could derive from 'washing dolly' (a device plunged in and out of wet laundry). The etymology here is likely to be the former: 'Can I play with your dolly?' UK, 2001. 2 an attractive young woman. Very much a word of its time UK, 1906. 3 a homosexual who lives in the suburbs UK, 2003. 4 a lesbian prisoner's lover NEW ZEALAND, 1999. 5 a very feminine fashion style of the 1960s UK, 1968. 6 a capsule of Dolophine™, known generically as methadone US, 1954. 7 in cricket, a simple catch. Possibly of Anglo-Indian origin. Reduced from 'dolly catch' UK, 1904 3. verb to interrogate AUSTRALIA, 1975 Ⅱ ⇨ dolly dimple; dolly adjective simple. Glasgow rhyming slang. Current in English prisons February 2002 UK, 1988 |
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