Dolly Varden

1. A character in Dickens's novel “Barnaby Rudge, ” a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma. [ 1913 Webster ]