doughnut dolly

noun

A female volunteer for the American Red Cross providing support to servicemen.

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Meanings

noundoughnut dolly (plural doughnut dollies)

plural doughnut dollies

  1. UShistoricalslanggovernmentA female volunteer for the American Red Cross providing support to servicemen.

    Rankin said she recommended the producers drop the character of K.C., a "doughnut dolly” who became a prostitute

    1988, Media Report to Women - Volumes 16-17
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    Carter said they flew some doughnut dollies out to Colt the other day, but they live way up at the headquarters compound, and you said you've only been between here and the hospital.

    1984, William E. Holland, Let a Soldier Die, page 151

Origin

So called because they served doughnuts at mobile canteens.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with doughnut dolly

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Cite this entry
APA

doughnut dolly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doughnut%20dolly

MLA

“doughnut dolly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doughnut%20dolly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doughnut dolly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doughnut%20dolly.

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