doll's house noun2 •(UK) A miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book — 2021 •(figurative) A small, cramped, dwelling-place.A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick. — 1980 formsdoll's houses