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a tiny human you train to feel things on before the real ones arrive
means a child's toy made in the likeness of a person, especially a baby or small figure; also an affectionate term for a sweet or pretty person.
from A pet form of the name Dorothy, the way Hal comes from Henry or Bob from Robert. By the 1600s 'doll' was a fond nickname for a woman or sweetheart, and by the 1700s the word had settled onto the small human figures children played with — the toy borrowing the warmth of the name.
- oldest find
- Egyptian wooden paddle dolls predate 2000 BCE
- voodoo myth
- pin-stabbing dolls are mostly Hollywood, not Haiti
- barbie debut
- sold 350,000 in her first year, 1959
- uncanny valley
- near-human faces unsettle us more than cartoonish ones
- creepiest island
- Mexico's Isla de las Muñecas hangs hundreds of them
barbie — mattel's fashion doll debuted in 1959, over 1 billion sold worldwide
american girl doll — historically themed dolls launched in 1986, each with books and accessories
raggedy ann — rag doll character created in 1915, still produced and recognized globally