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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But Mabel Fairbanks, Babilonia’s skating coach, wouldn’t take no for an answer, bribing the 8-year-old with stickers and a Barbie doll if she would just reach out and grab the hand of 10-year-old Randy Gardner.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
Famously, he set a Barbie doll on fire to protest Greta Gerwig’s movie portraying the doll as a woman with agency, rather than a passive plaything.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
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
Asiya asked me as I picked up a Barbie doll from our stash.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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