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| 1. subst. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore or laundry to be washed; a stirrer. |  |
| 2. subst. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. | |
| 3. subst. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver. | |
| 4. subst. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building. | |
| 5. subst. A small truck without steering means to be slipped under a load. (traditional UK artisan usage) | |
| 6. subst. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc. | |
| 7. subst. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted. | |
| 8. subst. (childish, colloquial) A doll. | |
| 9. subst. (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid. | |
| 10. subst. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly. | |
| 12. v. To move (an object) using a dolly. | |
| 13. v. To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly. | |
| 14. v. To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer. | |
| 15. v. To crush ore with a dolly. | |
| 16. adj. (Polari) Pretty; attractive. | |
| 17. adj. , year=1967 | |
| 18. adj. , writer=Kenneth Horne | |
| 19. adj. , title=Bona Bijou Tourettes | |
| 20. adj. , series=Round the Horne | |
| 21. adj. , season=3 | |
| 22. adj. , number=12 | |
| 23. adj. , passage=Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - you | |
