dolly-boy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory.
Example Sentences
- "He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys."