Doxy A baby; a plaything; a paramour. In the West of England babies are called doxies.

I somewhere a long time ago read that "doxie" meant a prostitute who solicited sailors
on the docks as they disembarked. The only support I could find for this is below:


1839
Marriages at Stepney Church

The author casts a satirical eye on wedding customs, as practised
at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, in 1839: an unfortunate young couple
caught by the bride's parents, couples married en masse, tars and
doxies and bigamous marriages. The source of the article was not
given.