Meaning of Dolly Varden | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman's outfit, briefly fashionable in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usually flowered, dress with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt.
2. A large hat, one side bent downwards, abundantly trimmed with flowers.
3. Ellipsis of Dolly Varden crab.
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4. Ellipsis of Dolly Varden trout.
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Examples

“Dolly Varden is the staple catch. To a point that, after two days, we find ourselves feeling guilty trying to shake them free from our fly or giving plenty of slack in the hope that another Dolly finds early freedom. […] Often the biggest challenge of hooking a big trout is avoiding Dollies.”

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