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Definition of Golliwog
1. Noun. A grotesque black doll.
Definition of Golliwog
1. Noun. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel. ¹
2. Noun. (dated racist offensive) A black person. ¹
3. Noun. (Australia) A hairy caterpillar."'''golliwog'''", entry in '''1984''', Eric Partridge, ''A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'', 8th edition, reprinted 1991, [ %22golliwogs%22+caterpillar+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aYhiT6j-K7GXiQfuyoTrBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22golliwog%22 %22golliwogs%22%20caterpillar%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 483]. (defdate From 1920.) ¹
4. Noun. A receiver of stolen goods. (defdate From ca 1930.) ¹
5. Noun. ''(Rhyming slang as "the" golliwogs):'' greyhound racing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Golliwog
1. a grotesque doll [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golliwog
Literary usage of Golliwog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Westminster Problems Book: Prose and Verse by Westminster Gazette, London, Westminster Gazette, Naomi Gwladys Royde-Smith (1908)
"Thirdly, the fact that the cult of the golliwog became so popular as even to ...
Fourthly, the appearance of this golliwog in the education and training of ..."
2. Much Ado about Nothing: A Comedy in Five Acts by William Shakespeare (1916)
"Teddy arrives just in time to save his friend golliwog from execution and to be
the means of ... The other characters are, besides golliwog and Teddy Bear, ..."
3. Plots and Personalities: A New Method of Testing and Training the Creative by Edwin Emery Slosson, June Etta Downey (1922)
"golliwog is—or ought to be—a regular grasshopper of a man, with sprawling movement
and loose-jointed mind. He is always finding breakers ahead, ..."
4. Everyday Life Among the Head-hunters: And Other Experiences from East to West by Dorothy Cator (1905)
"... impossible to get into one lifetime—judging, that is, by the effect on me of
a golliwog. I constantly hear them spoken of in the highest terms, ..."
5. Everyday Life Among the Head-hunters: And Other Experiences from East to West by Dorothy Cator (1905)
"... am afraid it would need an almost hopeless amount of education, impossible to
get into one lifetime—judging, that is, by the effect on me of a golliwog. ..."
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