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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a grotesque black doll [syn: golliwog, golliwogg]

Merriam Webster's

also gollywog or golliwogg noun Etymology: Golliwogg, an animated doll in children's fiction by Bertha Upton died 1912 American writer Date: 1895 1. a grotesque black doll 2. a person resembling a golliwog

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a black-faced brightly dressed soft doll with fuzzy hair. Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. GOLLY(1) + POLLIWOG