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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Black Doll

(A ). The sign of a marine store shop. The doll was a dummy dressed to indicate that cast-off garments were bought.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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