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golliwog
Earlier in the case he insisted the golliwog had been put on display solely to taunt his wife.
From the express.co.uk
As I recall the golliwog was frquently a villain of the piece.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mr Woolley said that, for black people, being likened to chocolate was as bad as being called a golliwog.
From the independent.co.uk
Kellands agent Martin Dobson said the golliwog was not deliberately placed or staged in marketing shots.
From the nzherald.co.nz
From the golliwog to Barbie, black toys have a troubled past.
From the guardian.co.uk
His logo is a grinning golliwog.
From the time.com
Her debut came to her at the age of three years old, as she toddled on to stage in a nightdress to sing a song about a golliwog.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lagoon thought it wise to replace the golliwog with a little monkey named Bobby, to avoid a left-wing fatwa and the ire of Mike Carlton.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Carol Thatcher got into trouble because she just couldn't find words to describe the tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga other than to say he resembled a golliwog.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A grotesque black doll
- The "Golliwogg" (later "Golliwog", "golly doll") is a character of children's literature created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century, inspired by a blackface minstrel doll which Upton found as a child in her aunt's attic in Hampstead, North London. ...
- "Golliwog" ("Gulleplutt") was one of the first attempts by Agnetha Fu00E4ltskog to enter the charts outside Sweden. The eight German-language music singles she released didn't enter the charts. But with Golliwog the intention was that not only Germany but all of Europe would get to know Agnetha.
- (The Golliwogs) The Golliwogs were an American rock band that eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival.
- A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel; A black person; A hairy caterpillar; A receiver of stolen goods; this sense?) (Rhyming slang as "the" golliwogs): greyhound racing
- An insulting term, given to a loud un mannerly person
- Or gollywog British/Aussie nickname for a black rag doll dressed in formal attire. The originally gollywog was a black man cloth doll in fancy dress that was one of the beloved playthings of British children's author Florence Upton. ...
