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dollhouse

American  
[dol-hous] / ˈdɒlˌhaʊs /
especially British, doll's house

noun

dollhouses plural
  1. a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.

  2. a cozy, diminutive home, as a small cottage or housetrailer.


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Etymology

Origin of dollhouse

First recorded in 1775–85; doll + house

Example Sentences

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"Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie," a live-action/animation hybrid based on a popular Netflix children's series, stayed put in fourth place, with $3.4 million in the United States and Canada.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Last week I took my daughter to the Museum of the City of New York to see the Stettheimer Dollhouse and the breadbox-sized art show installed within.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022

But there are plenty of shoppers who won’t be happy with alternatives, particularly when it comes to must-have toys like Spinmaster’s Gabby’s Dollhouse Purrfect Playset and Moose Toys’ Magic Mixies Magical Misting Cauldron.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

It’s doubtful this is all a dream, but it does seem noteworthy that with its dystopian flash-forwards and body-changing consciousnesses, the Whedon show The Nevers most closely resembles now is Dollhouse.

From Slate • May 16, 2021

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, and a string of comically bitter teen movies from Hollywood, pop culture has been trying to get this message out for years.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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