golliwogg

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[ gol-ee-wog ]

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noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

a grotesque black doll.
a grotesque person.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of golliwogg¹

First recorded in 1890–95; after the name of a doll in an illustrated series of children's books by Bertha Upton (died 1912), U.S. writer, and Florence Upton (died 1922), illustrator

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Debussy, in Paris, cashed in on the popularity of cakewalk piano rags, with his ‘Golliwogg’s Cakewalk’ of 1908 - which incidentally also includes a jokey musical quotation from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.

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The Knights played three of the six movements: “Serenade of the Doll,” “The Little Shepherd” and “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk.”

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Class C Winner Glory was one of his boats; so was Golliwogg, runner-up to Finisterre for the overall trophy.

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The biggest ovation was reserved for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose new frizzy hairdo made her look like a genial golliwogg.

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Cries Sarah Jane; "The 'Golliwogg' my dear."

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