A term of endearment — sometimes affectionate, sometimes condescending depending on delivery — for a conventionally attractive woman with delicate, doll-like features. It peaked in mid-20th century American slang, particularly in film noir and jazz-age dialogue, where men called women 'dollface' the same way they called them 'sweetheart' or 'doll.' Today it reads as retro and campy, used either nostalgically or ironically, and occasionally resurfaces in pop culture for its old-Hollywood flavor.
The detective leaned against the doorframe and said, 'What's the trouble, dollface?' in a voice straight out of a 1940s radio drama.
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(slang, often, endearing) An attractive woman.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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