Golliwog is an English word with synonyms like doll or dolly. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Golliwog in a sentence
Golliwog meaning
- A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
- A black person.
- A hairy caterpillar.
Using Golliwog
- The main meaning on this page is: A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel. | A black person. | A hairy caterpillar.
- Useful related words include: golliwogg, doll, dolly.
Context around Golliwog
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Golliwog
- In this selection, "golliwog" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, piece, dolls and character stand out and add context to how "golliwog" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include away several golliwog dolls displayed and piano piece golliwog s cakewalk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "golliwog" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with golliwog
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Golliwog character that inspired Debussy was created by the illustrator Florence Kate Upton, who in 1895 began writing books about a black doll. (24 words)
Her defiance comes after six police officers entered her pub last Tuesday and took away several golliwog dolls displayed on a shelf behind the bar after the force received an anonymous complaint. (32 words)
Not all composers, however, reacted favourably: Claude Debussy 's piano piece " Golliwog's Cakewalk " mockingly quotes the opening of the opera in a distorted form, instructing the passage to be played 'avec une grande emotion'. (35 words)
Not all composers, however, reacted favourably: Claude Debussy 's piano piece " Golliwog's Cakewalk " mockingly quotes the opening of the opera in a distorted form, instructing the passage to be played 'avec une grande emotion'. (35 words)
Her defiance comes after six police officers entered her pub last Tuesday and took away several golliwog dolls displayed on a shelf behind the bar after the force received an anonymous complaint. (32 words)
The Golliwog character that inspired Debussy was created by the illustrator Florence Kate Upton, who in 1895 began writing books about a black doll. (24 words)
Example sentences (3)
Her defiance comes after six police officers entered her pub last Tuesday and took away several golliwog dolls displayed on a shelf behind the bar after the force received an anonymous complaint.
The Golliwog character that inspired Debussy was created by the illustrator Florence Kate Upton, who in 1895 began writing books about a black doll.
Not all composers, however, reacted favourably: Claude Debussy 's piano piece " Golliwog's Cakewalk " mockingly quotes the opening of the opera in a distorted form, instructing the passage to be played 'avec une grande emotion'.