DOLLY BIRD Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

dolly bird

noun

ˈdä-lē-ˌbərd

Definition of dolly bird

British

as in queen

an attractive woman Back in the swinging '60s, she was one of London's most celebrated dolly birds.

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Recent Examples of dolly bird These girls were miles apart from the dolly birds and English roses across the channel. — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023 Try styling them like Bianca Jagger and her clan of ’70s disco glamazons, or take inspiration from ’60s mod dolly birds with their A-line dresses and perfect coifs. — Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019 She's been a grunge angel, a dolly bird, a latter-day Warhol superstar, a preppy gone bad, an award-winning Hollywood actress and a crush-worthy girl in the crowd at Bowery Ballroom, the doyenne of downtown and a nice Connecticut girl. — Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2013

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Noun

Up there like the queen of it all is this big platelike moon with a sliver out of it at the three-o’clock position.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
This earlier Russell work did not include acid queens, pinball wizards, or teenage-wasteland messiahs.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of queen

Noun

Having conquered the world’s top stages as Wagner’s warrior goddess, the American soprano returns to New World Symphony with selections from Götterdämmerung.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
The styles of the regency era pulled heavily from the classics, referencing the soft, romantic texture of Greek goddesses.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of goddess

Noun

Avantika Vandanapu took a chance and won 40% off a box, while her guest ended up winning an entire beauty box for themselves.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
The firming, plumping cream is a favorite at Vogue HQ—beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden has been raving about this oil-in-gel.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

In 1999, in Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old beauty queen’s killing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
The former beauty queen’s family claim that she was tortured by the suspects over dowry demands, reported the BBC.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauty queen

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