English Explanatory Dictionary

Bartholomew baby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wooden doll, generally without arms or joints, painted and dressed in current fashions.

Word forms

Bartholomew baby Bartholomew babies

Etymology

From Bartholomew (“because they were sold at Bartholomew Fair in London”) + baby (“doll”).

Synonyms

Bartlemy baby
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