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golliwog
/ ˈɡɒɪˌɒɡ /
noun
- a soft doll with a black face, usually made of cloth or rags
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of golliwog1
Example Sentences
A pub where golliwog dolls were seized by police has been daubed with graffiti and had five windows damaged.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she also cited an ongoing row over the home secretary's office raising concerns about Essex Police seizing golliwog dolls from a pub.
When she was 8, her white grandmother said she looked like a golliwog, a racist caricature, enraging her mother.
Displayed in the window with small handbags were the brand’s monkey-like Pradamalia figurines, which had oversize red lips and appeared to resemble dehumanizing caricatures of black people or golliwogs.
Apparently, calling rightwing, red-faced, middle-aged white men “gammon” is racist, yet golliwogs, according to 63% of Britons in a survey, are not racist.
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