golliwog
a black-faced doll
TRANSLATION
golliwog= die Negerpuppe --- GOOGLE INDEX golliwog: approximately 150,000 Google hits
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IN THE PRESS
Carol Thatcher faces BBC ban over GOLLIWOG remark
(BBC - News Headline)
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Oprah Winfrey's production company asked a Melbourne shop to remove GOLLIWOG dolls from display fearing the talk-show queen would take offence.
(AFP News Service)
(BBC - News Headline)
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Oprah Winfrey's production company asked a Melbourne shop to remove GOLLIWOG dolls from display fearing the talk-show queen would take offence.
(AFP News Service)
Did you
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golliwog (also gollywog)
noun
- a child's toy made of soft material, in the form of a small man with a black face and stiff black hair
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The golliwog (originally spelled golliwogg) is a children's literary character created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century. The golliwog was inspired by a black-faced minstrel doll Upton had as a child in America. It was once very popular in Europe and as a result has become a collector's item. However, the image of the doll has become controversial.
Some people argue that it should be preserved and passed on as a cherished cultural artefact and childhood tradition. Others say it should be retired as a relic of an earlier time when racism against black people was blatant.
Upton moved to England with her family when she was 14. There she spent several years drawing and developing her artistic skills. In order to afford tuition to art school, she illustrated a children's book called The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. The 1895 book included a character named the "Golliwogg", who was first described as "a horrid sight, the blackest gnome", but who quickly turned out to be a friendly character with a friendly face. The Golliwogg had jet black skin, bright, red lips and wild, woolly hair. He wore red trousers, a shirt with a stiff collar, red bow-tie and a blue jacket with tails ― all traditional minstrel attire.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You can sometimes find an old golliwog at flea markets."
noun
- a child's toy made of soft material, in the form of a small man with a black face and stiff black hair
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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The golliwog (originally spelled golliwogg) is a children's literary character created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century. The golliwog was inspired by a black-faced minstrel doll Upton had as a child in America. It was once very popular in Europe and as a result has become a collector's item. However, the image of the doll has become controversial.
Some people argue that it should be preserved and passed on as a cherished cultural artefact and childhood tradition. Others say it should be retired as a relic of an earlier time when racism against black people was blatant.
Upton moved to England with her family when she was 14. There she spent several years drawing and developing her artistic skills. In order to afford tuition to art school, she illustrated a children's book called The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. The 1895 book included a character named the "Golliwogg", who was first described as "a horrid sight, the blackest gnome", but who quickly turned out to be a friendly character with a friendly face. The Golliwogg had jet black skin, bright, red lips and wild, woolly hair. He wore red trousers, a shirt with a stiff collar, red bow-tie and a blue jacket with tails ― all traditional minstrel attire.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You can sometimes find an old golliwog at flea markets."
