golliwog

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Corporation chiefs told her that unless she acknowledged that using the word golliwog was unacceptable, she could not work on the show again.

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  • Row: Carol Thatcher's use of the word 'golliwog' has seen her fired from the BBC —  Home | Mail Online
  • 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. —  Harry's Place
  • Corporation chiefs told her that unless she acknowledged that using the word golliwog was unacceptable, she could not work on the show again. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Miss Thatcher used the word golliwog while in the green room with comedian Jo Brand and One Show presenter Adrian Chiles last Thursday. —  Home | Mail Online
  • LONDON - Carol Thatcher has been axed from BBC One's 'The One Show' after refusing to apologise for saying a tennis star resembled a "golliwog".
 

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  1. After Golliwog, a character in books by Florence Upton (died 1922), American illustrator.
 

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