"blood doll" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blood dolls [plural], blood-doll [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blood doll (plural blood dolls)
  1. (fantasy) A living human whose blood is routinely fed upon by a vampire.
    Sense id: en-blood_doll-en-noun-k2s8TxY1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Blood, Fantasy, Vampires Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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