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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Dol•ly Var•den (dol′ē vär′dn),USA pronunciation - Clothinga woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- Clothingthe hat of this costume.
- Clothingthe dress of this costume.
- Fish[Ichthyol.]Also called bull trout, Doll′y Var′den trout′. a char, Salvelinus malma, inhabiting fresh and marine waters of western North America and eastern Asia.
- Canada, British Terms[Newfoundland.]a large earthenware drinking cup used on fishing vessels.
- 1870–75; costume named after a colorfully dressed character in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge (1841); applied to fish in allusion to its coloring
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