dolly
/ˈdɑli/ noun B2- A doll.
- A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
- A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
- A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- Synonym of hand truck (an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end).
Plural dollies
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For I mean to grow as little as the dolly at the helm,
And the dolly I intend to come alive;
For beside the dolly sailor, I'm to voyage and explore,
To land upon the island where no dolly was before,
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