Barbie doll
Britishnoun
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a teenage doll with numerous sets of clothes and accessories
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slang a superficially attractive but insipid young woman
Example Sentences
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He softens this blow, however, with a brief but lighthearted chapter about Nicks’ wildly popular Barbie doll.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2024
In the Mattel Barbie doll series, who, introduced in 1980, was the first boyfriend of Skipper?
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2024
The museum said it was thought to be the oldest Barbie doll in a UK museum collection.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
They were also scaled up at 23%, which is the accurate proportion of a real Barbie doll to a Dreamhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
You’d almost never see anyone in the United States wearing clothes made of such cloth unless it was a high-society person or a Barbie doll.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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