kewpie

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“
And he was smiling that rare and melting smile of his--the smile that was said to make him look something like a kewpie, and something like a cupid, and a bit like an imp, and very much like an angel.

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  • Frankly, I was stunned when I saw myself like a kewpie doll from the catacombs. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • Ham enjoyed having kewpie-doll girls hanging onto him The plane landed And Fifi changed her tactics. —  068 - Fortress Of Solitude
  • His shows, wherein the bearded, bespectacled kewpie embeds himself, his tables of circuitry and his green flashing skull light among his sweating, adoring fans, are the stuff of legend.
  • We have a winner ... give that man a kewpie doll! by the way Obama's already backing away from it ... if Bush had done anything illegal they would have impeached him already ... —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
  • NewsBusters ^ | March 3, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick Perhaps it is time to award the New York Times house conservative, David Brooks, a kewpie doll for having at long last a very brief moment of mental clarity. —  Latest Articles
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