Polliwog vs Golliwog - What's the difference?
polliwog | golliwog |
A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
* 1983 , Norman E. Lee, John Curtin, Saviour of Australia ,
* 2010 , Bridget Griffen-Foley, Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio ,
(dated, racist, offensive) A black person.
* 2002 , Gillian Klein, Reading Into Racism: Bias in Children?s Literature and Learning Materials ,
(Australia) A hairy caterpillar."golliwog'", entry in '''1984 , Eric Partridge, ''A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , 8th edition, reprinted 1991,
A receiver of stolen goods.
(rfc-sense) (Rhyming slang as "the" golliwogs): greyhound racing
As nouns the difference between polliwog and golliwog
is that polliwog is a tadpole while golliwog is a rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.polliwog
English
Alternative forms
* pollywog * polliwig * polliwiggle * polwig * purwiggy * porwigleReferences
*golliwog
English
(Golliwogg)Alternative forms
* golliwogg (Original spelling — the final ‘g’ was dropped within nine years of publication. )Noun
(en noun)page 47,
- Lyons was ideal material for the ‘Honest Joe’ image. He had a round chubby face under a mop of curly hair that made him resemble a cross between a koala bear and a golliwog .
page 286,
- A golliwog doll, ‘Rickety Kate’, was fixed to the studio wall.
page 41,
- Deemed equally ‘harmless’ by its perpetrators is that close relation to the cannibal; the golliwog'.Dixon?s brilliant essay ‘All things white and beautiful’ (1976) argues that '''golliwogs''' are associated with fear and darkness, quoting an Enid Blyton story of Noddy being trapped and robbed of his car and his clothes, even his ‘dear little hat’ by ‘four big strong '''golliwogs'''’. Dixon observes how a four-year-old got the message from the pictures alone, which show the ' golliwogs driving off and ‘poor little’ Noddy on the ground.
page 483.