English - Doll collecting abbreviations, words, general terms

ABJD - abbreviation Asian Ball Jointed Doll, modern doll body Action Figure - jointed posable male character doll for boys Adtocolite - is a light, smooth composition ca.1916 All Bisque - dolls under 15" tall, made of all bisque material Alphabet Doll - China head doll alphabet print fabric body Animated Doll - doll moves with rotating crank mechanism Antique Doll - the doll was made before 1930 Antique Mechanical Dolls, Automata, Autoperipatetikos   - a Greek term for self propelled walking doll Applied Ears - ears are separately molded, applied to head Appropriately Dressed - clothing fits time period & style Articulated Body - jointed doll body and limbs for movement Artist Doll - usually a one of a kind doll not mass produced Automobile dolls - dressed in car driving attire   BJD, Ball Jointed Doll - Ball and socket Jointed Doll body BKW - abbreviation of Bent Knee Walker doll, jointed knees Baby Bunting - doll covered in fur prior to WW I Bald Head - doll head without a crown opening, see Belton Bark Dolls - Florida craft doll made and dressed in tree bark Basia - named doll made to support Polish refugees of WW I Bass Wood Doll - made of close grain wood Belton Doll - has solid dome head, 2 or more holes in crown Bent Limb Body - Baby's body with bent limbs Biscaloid - durable composition that imitates bisque Biskoline - similar to celluloid material Bisque - unglazed tinted porcelain, refers to an Antique doll Bisquette - durable composition material Blown Glass Eyes - hollow glass eyes Bonnet Doll - one piece bisque doll with molded bonnet Boudoir Doll - ladies bed decoration or sofa accent doll Breather - doll with open or pierced nostrils Buckram - stiff cotton or linen fabric   Caracul - short curly lamb skin fur used in doll wigs Celebrity, Personality Doll - resembles a famous person Celluloid Doll - cellulose nitrate & camphor material Centimeter to Inches conversion - 1 cm. = 0.393700787 in. Character Doll - a lifelike face of a real child or adult China Doll - glazed porcelain head, partial china limbs Cloth Doll - made of all cloth, some are called Rag Dolls Composite - not used by doll collectors, see next entry Composition - wood pulp & glue doll material CM, Closed Mouth - closed lips, no mouth opening Crazing - fine lines on painted surface of composition dolls Creche doll figure = Holy doll figure Italian Crown - opening on top back of antique doll heads   Debox - to remove a NRFB, MIB doll from box = a lower value Decal Eyes - flat white painted eye base with affixed flat paper decal of the pupil & iris without detail or depth Doll - a small replica human figure, male, female, adult, child Doll House Dolls - small dolls dressed as family/domestics Dolly Face Doll - a pretty stylized child face doll   Embossed Mark - raised letters, numbers, makers symbol   Fate Lade - Fortune Telling doll Feathered Eyebrows - brows painted with many fine strokes Fiammingo - name of Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy Fixed, Stationary Eyes - eyes that do not sleep Flag Doll - China head doll with a flag printed fabric body Flange Neck - neck ridge with bottom holes to attach body Flapper Doll - short bobbed hair, slender limbs, 1920s style Flirty Eyes - eyes that open, close and move side to side Flocked Hair - short fibers glued to head as hair Frozen Charlotte, Frozen Charlie - one piece all bisque doll Fumsup Touchwud, Thumbs Up Touch wood - WW I & WW II good luck charm given to soldiers by their loved ones.   Golliwogg, W.O.G.S., Working On Government Service, nickname of 1800s Egyptian natives known as Ghuls Googly, Goolies, Goo Goo - roguish look to the side eyes Gusset - sewn triangle inset fabric to allow movement Gutta Percha - Malaysian gum tree, hard rubber substance   HTF - abbreviation of Hard To Find HP - abbreviation of Hard Plastic Hard Plastic - doll material used after 1948 Haunted Doll + a storyline - oy vey, see the L@@K entry Hottentot Doll - Rosie O'Neill black Kewpie dolls 1914-1925 Huminals - figure has both human & animal characteristics   Inches to Centimeter - 1 inch x 2.54 centimeters Incised Mark - permanent mark impressed into head or body Intaglio Eyes - eyes inset or cut into head then painted Ivorite - painted clay like material use by Rite Specialty Co   JCB - abbreviation of Jointed Composition Body on a doll Jobber - middle person wholesale type buyer, seller of dolls   Kachina - Pueblo Indian religious spirit doll Kapok - ceiba tree seed pod used for stuffing dolls Kid Body - doll body made of leather

Labrador Doll - wood handcrafted dolls by Alaska natives Lady Doll - female adult doll Letitia Penn Doll - wooden Georgian type, a gift of a doll handed from person to person over a long period of time, who now resides at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. L@@K - an on-line marketing ruse to get worthless item sold Luster Trim - metallic or pink color over glazed porcelain Lyxhayr - chemically treated nonflammable vegetable fiber   MC - abbreviation of Mint Complete, out of original packaging MIB - abbreviation of Mint In Box (original box) MLW - abbreviation of Molded Lash Walker (eyelash) Mama Doll - 1920s + cloth & composition, crying voice box Magic Skin - thin rubbery doll material that darkens with age Mask Face - stiff cover for the front only of dolls face Milliner's Model - paper mache head, cloth, kid & wood body doll used as a mannikin for displaying clothing fashions Modern Doll - a doll made in the last 25 years or so Mohair - fine goats hair used for glued on doll wigs Mold Number - impressed, incised number of dolls design Molded Hair - hair styled into the head mold, often painted Multi-Face Doll - doll has two or more faces that rotate   NM - abbreviation of Near Mint doll NRFB - Never Removed From Box, not even for it's photo Nankeen, Nankin, Nanking - commercially made cloth cotton body doll, made in France, Germany and the USA.   OOAK Doll - One Of A Kind doll, only one was made OM, Open Mouth - cut open mouth usually with inset teeth O/CM, Open Closed Mouth - open uncut mouth without teeth Oriental Dolls - dolls with Asian characteristics Ozocertie, Ozokertie - wax made from petroleum 1884+   PE - abbreviation of Painted Eyes PL - abbreviation of Painted Lashes - eyelashes PLW - abbreviation of Painted Lash Walker (eyelash) Painted Bisque - paint is not baked into object, can rub off Paperweight Eyes - blown glass eyes with depth, look real Papier Mâché - paper pulp, glue, sizing, clay, flour mixture Parian - fine white bisque without flesh tint Paste head - another name for a composition head Pate - cardboard, cork, plaster covering of the open crown Patina - mellow sign of aging Peddlar Dolls - dressed as a tradesman; Costmonger sells fruits or vegetables, Colporter or Colporteur peddled religious goods, Nanny notions, Tinker sells metal wares etc. Peppering - tiny black flecks in antique bisque dolls Phonograph Dolls - early talking dolls Pierced Ears - hole in ear lobe for earrings Pierced In Ears - hole in ear lobe and goes straight into head Poppets - wooden handcrafted Kentucky mountain doll Porcelain Doll - usually refers to a modern collector doll Porcelainette - Beck Mfg. non-breakable doll head material Portrait Doll - doll modeled after a real person Pouty Mouth - closed petulant mouth Pug Nose - small slight upturned button nose Pupiless Eye - fixed doll eye made of all one solid color   Rare - over used adjective in on-line doll auction descriptions Repo - Repossession, not a good thing, see item below Repro - Reproduction of an earlier doll mold or model Resilles - hair net for Spanish comb Rub - spot where color has worn away   SLW - abbreviation of Straight Leg Walker doll Santos doll figures = Holy Saints doll figures Spanish Shoulder Head - head and shoulder all one piece Shoulder Plate - shoulder portion with socket for head Sleep Eyes - eyes that open and close when laid down Slip - liquid clay and water to make porcelain Socket Head - head with neck that fits shoulder plate or body Solid Dome - doll head without a crown opening Starfish Hands - after 1910, fingers splayed, like on Kewpies Stockinette - soft loosely knitted, stretchable fabric Swivel Head - bisque shoulder head that turns in its socket   Tin Eyes - metal eyeball with detailed lithographed pupil & iris Toddler Body - chubby child's body doll Topsy Turvy Doll - two dolls in one when turned over Tuck Comb - wooden doll with a carved hair comb decoration Turned Head - bisque shoulder head turned slightly L or R   VHTF - abbreviation of Very Hard To Find Vinyl Doll - doll material used after 1950   W.P.A. - Works Progress Administration, artists cloth dolls Walker Body - head moves side to side when doll walks Watermelon Mouth - closed smiling mouth in a single line Wax Over - wax applied over composition, paper mache head Weighted Eyes - sleep eyes with a metal weight attached   Xylonite - celluloid like material used by Butler Bros for dolls

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