Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A doll. · A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust. · A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry. · A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices. The Online Etymology Dictionary, while considering the reason for applying it to such devices unobvious, compares how the names jack, jenny and jimmy are also applied to devices.
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