porcelain doll en · NOUN
Meanings
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A doll made partially or wholly out of bisque porcelain.
And his wife sat there, inert as a porcelain doll, her enormous eyes wide open and fixed on me in perfectly unswerving contemplation.
1920, Francis Stevens, chapter 2, in Serapion:
- (figuratively) A flawlessly beautiful but cold or soulless woman.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| porcelain dolls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |