Dolly

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Dolly may refer to:

• A diminutive term for a doll
• A portable anvil used in riveting and similar work, see dolly (tool)
• A mobile pallet in European 1/4 or 1/2 size. A special shape represents the Elk-Dolly. Explanatory source: http://www.elk-connection.de/
• A slang and possibly offensive nickname for a man of ambiguous, unusual or perverse sexuality. Compare molly

In place:

• Dolly is the nickname given to the largest south east asia prostitution place, located in Surabaya, Indonesia.

In science:

• Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from differentiated cells

In media:

• Dolly!, a 1976 television variety show starring Dolly Parton
• Dolly (TV series), a 1987 television variety show starring Dolly Parton
• Dolly Magazine, an Australian teen magazine

In music:

• Dolly, a 6-piece Suite for piano at 4 hands by French composer Gabriel Fauré
• Holly Dolly, an animated pop musician

People called Dolly:

• Dolly Parton, actress, country music singer/songwriter
• Doyle Brunson, professional poker player, is known as 'Dolly' or 'Texas Dolly'
• Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, Australian paedophile
• Dolly Buster, porn actress

Related to a wheeled platform:

• A dolly (tool), used to move heavy objects by hand
• A dolly (trailer) consists of not much more than axle(s), wheels, and possibly a hitch that may be added to the end of a semi-trailer to extend a semi-trailer truck
• In Film production, a camera dolly allows a movie camera to move on wheels while filming.
  • The verb "to dolly" means to move the camera towards or away from the subject being filmed- contrast with the verb "to truck," which refers to a camera movement parallel to the movement of a subject
  • A Dolly shot is a film sequence created using this motion
• A hand truck is sometimes incorrectly called a dolly