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Cookie, a former art student, has a secret passion: building meticulously detailed dollhouse re-creations of crime scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
A crabitat is kind of like a dollhouse with living inhabitants, each with a distinct personality.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
After the fires, she expects to see more play about fire engines or a fire in a dollhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
I started gluing more of my little treasures to that dollhouse.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Morrison said the agency found that some aftermarket inflaters have been brought into the country stuffed inside items like toys and dollhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The color was akin to the old dollhouses, Polly Pocket outfits and fashion accessories I used to play with in my youth.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
Hooper says dollhouses started off as display cases and didn’t become associated with toys until they were mass produced after World War II.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Despite the gathering touting itself as “the World’s No. 1 Dollhouse Miniatures Show,” there aren’t many actual dollhouses.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
Irene and I used to spend hours with that thing, until sometime after my tenth birthday, when I had decided that I was too old for dolls, and therefore, dollhouses.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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