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kewpie doll

kewpie doll noun: a plump doll with a curl of hair on its head.

kewpie doll: a plump doll with a curl of hair on its head
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Noun

kewpie doll (plural kewpie dolls)

  1. A plump doll with a curl of hair on its head.
    • He was a low-browed youth of about twenty, very big for his age, swarthy as a Greek, and shaped rather like a kewpie doll, having a rotund pendulous paunch and a distinctly egg-shaped head.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 81
    • The young explorer stood in the crowd, Kewpie doll under his arm […].1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 26

Forms of kewpie doll

pluralkewpie dolls

Questions about kewpie doll

What does kewpie doll mean?
Kewpie doll means a plump doll with a curl of hair on its head.
What part of speech is kewpie doll?
Kewpie doll is a noun.
What is the plural of kewpie doll?
The plural of kewpie doll is kewpie dolls.

Words near kewpie doll in the dictionary

  1. kewl beans
  2. kewler
  3. kewlest
  4. kewlness
  5. kewpie
  6. kewpie doll
  7. kewpie dolls
  8. kewpies
  9. kewra
  10. kews
  11. Kewstoke

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