Dolly Varden Definition

dŏlē värdn
noun
A dress of sheer figured muslin worn over a bright-colored petticoat.
Webster's New World
A red-spotted trout (Salvelinus malma) found in streams west of the Rocky Mountains and in E Asia.
Webster's New World

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.

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Noun

Singular:
Dolly Varden
Plural:
dolly-vardens

Origin of Dolly Varden

  • After Dolly Varden , a character known for her colorful costume in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After a lively, coquettish character in Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge.

    From Wiktionary

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