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rag doll

rag doll noun: a doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.

rag doll: a doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags
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Noun

rag doll (plural rag dolls)

  1. A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.
    • The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll.
    • Then all six foot five and 17 stone of him picks me up like a rag doll and starts throwing me around. I thought I was on the Cha Cha for a minute.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 184

rag doll meaning in Tagalog, Persian and Vietnamese

rag doll in Tagalog

a doll made from cloth and rags
bata-bataan

rag doll in Persian

a doll made from cloth and rags
عروسک پارچهای

rag doll in Vietnamese

a doll made from cloth and rags
búp bê bằng giẻ rách, con búp bê rách rưới

Forms of rag doll

pluralrag dolls
alternative formrag-doll
alternative formragdoll

Words formed from rag doll

Questions about rag doll

What does rag doll mean?
Rag doll means a doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.
What is rag doll in Tagalog?
Rag doll in Tagalog is bata-bataan. See Rag doll meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is rag doll?
Rag doll is a noun.
What is the plural of rag doll?
The plural of rag doll is rag dolls.

Words near rag doll in the dictionary

  1. rag bolt
  2. rag book
  3. rag books
  4. rag day
  5. rag days
  6. rag doll
  7. rag dolls
  8. rag off
  9. rag on
  10. rag out
  11. rag paper

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