Meaning of doll's house | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.
   UK
2. A small, cramped, dwelling-place.
   figuratively

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Examples

“Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book”

“A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick.”

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