Dutch doll

British  

noun

1. a jointed wooden doll

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Example Sentences

Flopson, by dint of doubling the baby at the joints like a Dutch doll, then got it safely into Mrs. Pocket’s lap, and gave it the nut-crackers to play with; at the same time recommending Mrs. Pocket to take notice that the handles of that instrument were not likely to agree with its eyes, and sharply charging Miss Jane to look after the same.

From Literature

Sorvino and her childhood playmate, actress Hope Davis, wrote and performed in a play called “The Dutch Doll,” which they staged for neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times

Jane and Michael could see that the newcomer had shiny black hair—“Rather like a wooden Dutch doll,” whispered Jane.

From Literature

He is also likened to a navvy, a sweep, a stiff Dutch doll, and an immense feather mattress.

From The Guardian

How finely those great bricks stood for Stonehenge, and how submissively Anna, the Dutch doll, whose arms and legs were gone, played the part of the Sacrifice.

From Project Gutenberg