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golliwogg

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gol·li·wog or gol·li·wogg  (gl-wg)
n.
A doll fashioned in grotesque caricature of a Black male.

[After Golliwog, a character in books by Florence Upton (died 1922), American illustrator.]
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Noun1.golliwogg - a grotesque black doll
doll, dolly - a small replica of a person; used as a toy


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Mozart and Haydn responded to the musical demands of their times by incorporating new rhythmic concepts in their music; Debussy, in his Golliwogg Cakewalk (1905), "bounces along in typical ragtime song with a syncopated melody in the right hand and 'um-pah' accompaniment on the left" (Southern 329).
 
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