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golliwog

gol·li·wog

uncommon dated slang

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Origin

Perhaps a blend of golly + polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton′s 1895 children′s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls - and a ‘Golliwogg’.

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