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dollkind en · NOUN

Etymology

From doll + -kind, by analogy with mankind.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) All dolls, considered as a group
    • Thus Besserheart had the distinction of creating a demand for dilapidated and passe specimens of dollkind. 1901, Helen Clark Balmer, Bellevue Sketches and Others, page 73:
    • Accordingly, if the Palmers come home and discover any evidence that the dolls are alive (i.e., a new doll added to the dollhouse family) all dollkind will be in jeopardy. 2009 January 11, “Special Delivery”, in New York Times: