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golliwog

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
golliwog/ˈɡɒliwɒɡ/

▶noun a soft doll with a black face and fuzzy hair.

– origin C19: from Golliwogg, a doll character in books by Bertha Upton; perh. suggested by golly1 and polliwog.

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