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  • noun Plural form of gollywog.

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Examples

  • But there's certainly no question that allegories like gollywogs and goblins went right over my head at age 4.

    Presto, change-o Roger Sutton 2009

  • PoC in the USA see gollywogs as an unpleasant stereotype, and I don't blame them.

    Let's be politically correct, right? Glenda Larke 2009

  • LOL all u spastic gollywogs its not fuckin rocket science is it.

    How to insert a SIM card into Sony Ericsson w850i? « oneduasan 2007

  • November 9, 2006 at 10: 37 pm gia the gollywogs are for sale in a place in Stockport/Manchester and they are big. vince says:

    Bush’s “Significant Announcement” - :: gia’s blog :: 2006

  • It's tempting to think that all these politically incorrect indiscretions belong well in the past: after all, the scary "gollywogs that live in the woods" have been excised from Noddy and Big Ears, and most modern children's books are full of positive role models and delicately nuanced sensibilities.

    Archive 2006-08-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • They now swarmed into the station from every side: pale faces, under huge feathers; wrists hooped round with bangles; breasts bristling with gollywogs and lucky charms.

    The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

  • Church of England, believed much in gollywogs; but, like most music-hall people, she felt safer when she knew it was there.

    The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

  • She was an unusually nice widow, whose husband had made a fortune through inventing gollywogs with different eyes from other gollywogs.

    Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley 1901

  • Apart from when some gollywogs got on this train and started trashing it.

    unknown title 2009

  • Apart from when some gollywogs got on this train and started trashing it.

    unknown title 2009

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