golliwog
noun /ˈɡɒliwɒɡ/
/ˈɡɑːliwɑːɡ/
(also informal golly)
- a doll (= a model of a person for a child to play with) made of cloth with a black face and short black hair, now often considered offensive to black peopleWord Originlate 19th cent.: from Golliwogg, the name of a doll character in books by Bertha Upton (died 1912), American writer; perhaps suggested by golly and polliwog.