Dolly shop

Dolly shop
Dolly Dol"ly, n. A child's mane for a doll. [1913 Webster]

{Dolly shop}, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England] [1913 Webster]


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