Solly vs Dolly - What's the difference?
solly | dolly |
* {{quote-book, year=1902, author=Herbert Allen Giles, title=China and the Chinese, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Some years back, when I was leaving China for England with young children, their faithful Chinese nurse kept on repeating to the little ones the following remarkable sentence, "My too muchey solly' you go steamah; you no ' solly my." }}
* {{quote-book, year=1908, author=Ethel Turner, title=In the Mist of the Mountains, chapter=, edition=
, passage="I'm solly'," he said; then he seemed to realize more clearly that the lady's honour had to be vindicated before all these "girls," and he repeated more loudly and without being asked, "I'm velly ' solly ." }}
A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
(children, colloquial) A child's name for a doll.
(cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
(cricket) To hit a dolly.
To move an object using a dolly.
As an adjective solly
is .As a proper noun dolly is
a diminutive of the female given name dorothy, and later also of dolores.solly
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Noun
(dollies)- (Knight)
