doll's house en · NOUN
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(UK) A miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.
Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book
2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
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(figuratively) A small, cramped, dwelling-place.
A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 202, about Goudhurst, Kent:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| doll's houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dollshouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dollhouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dolls' house | alternative | lexicographic |
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sv dockskåp (miniature house for dolls) · cmn 玩偶之家 (miniature house for dolls) · tr oyungaç ev (miniature house for dolls) · cmn 玩具房子 (miniature house for dolls) · ko 돌하우스 (miniature house for dolls) · nl poppenhuis (miniature house for dolls) · et nukumaja (miniature house for dolls) · ru ку́кольный до́мик (miniature house for dolls) · es casa de muñecas (miniature house for dolls) · cy tŷ dòl (miniature house for dolls) · hu babaház (miniature house for dolls) · el κουκλόσπιτο (miniature house for dolls) · sv dockhus (miniature house for dolls) · id rumah boneka (miniature house for dolls) · mrw balabalay (miniature house for dolls) · ca casa de nines (miniature house for dolls) · it casa di bambole (miniature house for dolls) · fi nukketalo (miniature house for dolls) · ja ドールハウス (miniature house for dolls) · fo dukkuhús (miniature house for dolls) · ja 人形の家 (miniature house for dolls) · fi nukkekoti (miniature house for dolls) · hi घरौंदा (miniature house for dolls) · pt casa de bonecas/boneca (miniature house for dolls) · de Puppenstube (miniature house for dolls) · bg къща за кукли (miniature house for dolls) · cmn 玩具屋 (miniature house for dolls) · tr oyuncak ev (miniature house for dolls) · ka თოჯინების სახლი (miniature house for dolls) · fr maison de poupée (miniature house for dolls) · de Puppenhaus (miniature house for dolls) · bg куклена къща (miniature house for dolls) · af pophuis (miniature house for dolls) · mr घरकूल (miniature house for dolls) · eo pupdomo (miniature house for dolls) · pl domek dla lalek (miniature house for dolls) · is dúkkuhús (miniature house for dolls) · ko 인형의 집 (miniature house for dolls) · te బొమ్మరిల్లు (miniature house for dolls) · kk қуыршақ үй (miniature house for dolls) · da dukkehus (miniature house for dolls)