GOLLIWOGG


Meaning of GOLLIWOGG in English

/gol"ee wog'/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )

1. a grotesque black doll.

2. a grotesque person.

Also, golliwog .

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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .