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Kewpie doll™ — [Kewpie doll] (also Kewpie)noun a US make of child’s ↑doll with a fat, happy face, big eyes and a curl of hair on the top of its head. The name comes from Cupid, the god of love. Kewpie dolls were … Useful english dictionary
Kewpie Doll — can refer to any of the following:*Kewpie doll (toy), a particular style of doll, awarded as a carnival prize and often collected * Kewpie Doll (song) , a song recorded by Perry Como and Frankie Vaughan, among others … Wikipedia
kewpie doll — n. 〚/span> KEWPIE〛 a doll like a Kewpie * * * … Universalium
kewpie doll — n. [< KEWPIE] a doll like a Kewpie … English World dictionary
kewpie doll — /kūˈpi dol/ noun A plump baby doll with a topknot of hair ORIGIN: ↑Cupid … Useful english dictionary
Kewpie doll — Celluloid Kewpie doll. They were made from 1913 on. Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comical strip like illustrations by Rose O Neill that appeared in Ladies Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early 1900s.… … Wikipedia
kewpie doll — n an excessively cute and/or overdressed or over made up girl or woman. The original American Kewpie Doll (a trademark name based on Cupid) is a fairy like baby. In Australia the name is used as rhyming slang for moll in the sense of a prostitute … Contemporary slang
Kewpie doll (toy) — Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comic strip like illustrations by Rose O Neill that appeared in Ladies Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early 1900s. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in… … Wikipedia
Kewpie Doll (song) — Kewpie Doll is a popular song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett.In the United States, the most popular version was a recording by Perry Como; in the United Kingdom, Como s version competed with a version recorded by Frankie Vaughan.Como… … Wikipedia
kewpie doll — kew|pie doll [ˈkju:pi dɔl US da:l] n also kewpie [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Kewpie, a trademark, from cupid] a type of plastic ↑doll from America with a fat body and a curl of hair on its head … Dictionary of contemporary English
