American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A doll fashioned in grotesque caricature of a Black
male. - n. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a
black minstrel. - n. dated, racist, offensive A black person. -
n. this sense?) (Rhyming slang as "the" golliwogs): greyhound
racing - n. a grotesque black doll - Coined for the
illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha
Upton′s 1895 children′s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls
— and a ‘Golliwogg’. (Wiktionary) - After Golliwog, a character
in books by Florence Upton (died 1922), American illustrator.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition) “Obviously, the target of the use of the term golliwog
makes some difference to the situation, but whether ot not Carol
Thatcher is employed by the BBC is hardly an earth-shattering
issue.” “Put aside the political correctness agruments for a
while (to a child, a golliwog is just a golliwog, ok, a nice,
different-looking but just a