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Etymology
Coined from the illustrations by w:Florence Kate Upton|Florence Kate Upton for her mother w:Bertha Upton|Bertha Upton's 1895 children's book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls
Alternative spellings
Originally golliwogg, later gollywog
Noun
golliwog (plural: golliwogs)
#(often offensive): a rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel
#(Australian): a hairy caterpiller
#a receiver of stolen goods
#(Rhyming slang as "the" golliwogs): greyhound racing
References
Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984
David Pilgrim, The Golliwog Caricature, 2000 http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/golliwog/
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