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1647-48. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 38. Drink, and dance, and pipe, and play, Kisse our dollies night and day.
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.
2. (tailors').—A piece of cloth used as a sponge.
3. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick.
Adj. (popular).—Silly.
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.
Dolly-mop, subs. (common).—Specifically,
a professional
strumpet, but see quot., 1851.
For synonyms, see Barrack-hack
and Tart.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. iv. The captain says we are to take the young gentleman on board directly. His liberty's stopped for getting drunk and running after the Dolly-Mops!
1851. H. Mayhew, Lon. Lab. and Lon. Poor, IV., 234. Those women who, for the sake of distinguishing them from the professionals, I must call amateurs, are generally spoken of as Dolly-mops.
Dolly-Shop, subs. (common).—A
marine store: really an illegal
pawn-shop and fence (q.v.);
also leaving-shop. No questions
are asked; all goods
are received on the understanding
that they may be repurchased
within a given time; so much
per day is charged; no duplicate
is given; and no books are kept.
[From the black doll (q.v.)
suspended outside as a sign.]
1851-61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lon. Poor, vol. I., p. 142. If she hasn't, or if the neighbours hasn't it, she borrows it at a dolly-shop (the illegal pawnshop).
1860-68. Chambers' Encyclopædia, s.v.
1871. Echo, 16 March. Chimney sweeps having lent their machines to dolly-shop keepers for the price of a spree, could not redeem them to commence business.
Dome, subs. (common).—The head.
For synonyms, see Crumpet.
Domestic-Afflictions, subs. (common).—The
menstrual flux; a
woman's flower-time. For synonyms,
see Flag-up.
Dome-stick, subs. (common).—A
'domestic' servant.
Dominie, subs. (old).—A clergyman;
modern Scots = a pedagogue or
schoolmaster. [From Latin dominus,
a lord or master.]
1616. Beaumont and Fletcher, Scornful Lady, II., i. Wel. [addressing parson], Adieu, dear Domine!
1754. Foote, Knights, Act ii. She alls in love with young Sleek, her father's chaplain; . . . what does me I, but slips on Domine's robes, you; passed myself upon her for him, and we were tacked together.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib's Memorial, p. 21. And, take him at ruffianing work (though, in common, he Hums about Peace and all that, like a Domine.
1883. Brinsley-Richards, Seven Years at Eton, xii., 122. The Scotch dominie, from whom he had learnt Latin . . . knew nothing of elegiacs.
Dominie Do-Little, subs. phr.
(old).—An impotent old man.
Domino! intj. (common).—An
ejaculation of completion: e.g.,
for sailors and soldiers at the
last lash of a flogging; and for
'bus conductors when an omnibus
is full inside and out [N. and Q.,
6 S., v., 229]; also, by implication,
a knock-down blow, or the last of
a series. [From the call at the
end of a game of dominoes.]
