Bartholomew doll; a tawdry, over-drest woman, like one of the children's dolls at Bartholomew fair. To mill doll; to beat hemp at Bridewell, or any other house of correction.
·noun A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a child's hand. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
the dish called toad-in-a-hole, meat boiled in a crust. Norf. ...