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golliwog
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun golliwog has 1 sense
- golliwog(n = noun.artifact) golliwogg - a grotesque black doll; Array is a kind of doll, dolly
OXFORD DICTIONARY
golliwog, n. a black-faced brightly dressed soft doll with fuzzy hair.
Etymology
19th c.: perh. f. GOLLY(1) + POLLIWOG
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