baby doll
a doll, especially one resembling a human baby.
Often baby dolls. Also called baby doll nightgown, baby doll pajamas. a garment for women or girls consisting of a hip-length top of delicate fabric often decorated with ruffles, ribbons, or lace, with a matching panty, worn for sleeping.
a short dress styled to resemble this.
Origin of baby doll
1- Also ba·by·doll (for defs. 2, 3) .
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How to use baby doll in a sentence
I associated more with Barbie and fashionable dolls, not baby dolls.
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories | Harry Siegel | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the stall are baby dolls with bodies made of grey cardboard, smiling after the manner of idols, monstrous and serene as they.
Marguerite | Anatole FranceAnd pulling back the curtain she displayed six cradles occupied by six large baby dolls!
The baby-dolls had to go early to bed under the table, and you can imagine how much pleasanter it is to say, "Bed-time, children!"
They looked to Rea like the heads of porcelain baby dolls she had had; and that those would break, she knew by sad experience.
The Hunter Cats of Connorloa | Helen Jackson
The baby dolls were made of rags, upon which comical little faces were painted.
In the Days of Queen Victoria | Eva March Tappan
British Dictionary definitions for babydoll
/ (ˈbeɪbɪˌdɒl) /
a short sleeveless nightgown or dress with a loose skirt
(as modifier): a babydoll dress
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