Dolly (name)

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Dolly is a given name and nickname, often a diminutive of the English personal names Dorothy and Dolores. Sometimes it is given to people surnamed "Gray" (including the baseball players Dolly Gray and Willie "Dolly" Gray), owing to the music hall song Goodbye, Dolly Gray; this particularly commonly occurs amongst sailors. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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People with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

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References

  1. ↑ A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, ed. Eric Partridge, Taylor & Francis, 2006, p. 326
  2. ↑ Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and its Everyday Usage, Martin Robson, Bloomsbury, 2012, p. 32
  3. ↑ Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century: Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Yachtsmen, Fishermen, Bargemen, Canalmen, Miscellaneous Wilfred Granville, Philosophical Library, 1950, p. 82
  4. ↑ https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/navy-nicknames-whats-yours-come-462777
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