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Kewpie doll

designed by Rose O’Neill and modeled on her baby brother; millions were made (starting about 1910). [Am. Hist.: WB, 5: 240–241]
See: Fads
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Taylor couldn't tell if Uncle Winn was telling this story because he wished he had ridden with the James gang rather than been the successful farmer he was, or because it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened around here, certainly more exciting than winning a Kewpie doll at the ring toss at a carnival or state fair or wherever he had gotten that thing.
His ponytail looked like a Kewpie doll, but Adam was killin' it.
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Somewhere along the line I might have heard of Rose O'Neill, but as the "inventor of the Kewpie doll" (did such a thing need to be invented?) and not as a poet.
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