Dolly Daydream

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑli ˈdeɪdɹiːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒli ˈdeɪdɹiːm/

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• Hyphenation: Dol‧ly Day‧dream

Dolly Daydream (plural Dolly Daydreams)

1. A girl or woman given to daydreaming.
   • 1897, Leslie Stuart (lyrics and music), “Little Dolly Daydream: Pride of Idaho”, performed by Eugene Stratton, London: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., →OCLC:

     Little Dolly Daydream, pride of Idaho: so now ye know! / And when ye go, ye'll see there's somethin' on her mind, don't think it's you. / 'Kase no one's got to kiss dat garl but me.

   • 2008, Tess Stevens, “Freedom and Love”, in Sold: A Young Girl Betrayed by Her Mother into a Life of Vice, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:

     In fact nobody knew what Jess wanted, least of all herself. She just kind of drifted round the place. She'd always been a Dolly Daydream, as Mother called her […], and she seemed to have even less backbone than me.

   • 2012, Melanie Hudson, chapter 10, in The Wedding Cake Tree, Camberley, Surrey: Choc Lit, →ISBN:

     She smiled at the memory of Mum. 'She was such a Dolly Daydream that mother of yours.'

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