doll's house

Noun

Meaning

a small model of a house used as a toy by children

a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything

Source: WordNet

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I want to be something so much worthier than the doll in the doll's house. Charles Dickens

It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it. Raymond Chandler

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