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