rag doll



rag doll

A limp, ineffectual person, as in You won't get a decision from her; she's a rag doll when it comes to making up her mind . This expression transfers the limpness of a soft doll made from scraps of cloth to human behavior. [Mid-1800s]
See also: doll, rag

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SelÂHattİN-Turkish
Bailiff['beilif]
Ivah-Biblical
Eliana (1)e-LYAH-nah (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Firenze-Various
Sandip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil