GOLLIWOG Meaning of GOLLIWOG in English ■ noun a soft doll with a black face and fuzzy hair.OriginC19: from Golliwogg , a doll character in books by Bertha Upton; perh. suggested by golly 1 and polliwog . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004