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Definition of Kewpie
1. a small chubby doll with a topknot of hair -- a trademark [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kewpie
Literary usage of Kewpie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mary Dawson game book: a manual of original games and guessing contests by Mary Dawson (1916)
"A candy kewpie would make a nice prize. kewpie CUT-OUT Then provide pen, paper,
and scissors for all, and see who can in ten minutes cut out the prettiest ..."
2. The Fordowner (1915)
"The fixed charges, such as the cost of liA kewpie OF SEAWEED. By Felix .1. Koch.
A clever kewpie for the radiator cap is shown in the accompanying ..."
3. Professional Preparation of High School Teachers by Guy Montrose Whipple, Harry Lloyd Miller (1919)
"We threw a ball into a box to get a kewpie doll. It cost ten cents. We bought a
ticket to sit in ... Helen liked the kewpie dolls. Teddy liked the whips. ..."
4. Catalog of Copyright Entries. by Library of Congress, Copyright Office (1920)
"kewpie, 1. Drawing of seven kew- pies arranged in semi-circle with one at right
tumbling and one ... Drawing of kewpie with tennis racket, mopping brow. 8. ..."
5. The World's Work Second War Manual: The Conduct of the Warby Arthur Wilson Page by Arthur Wilson Page (1914)
"4*—, --- WHITING'S kewpie PAPERS Here are the kewpies on note paper for children.
... We furnish the kewpie Papers both for correspondence and for party ..."
6. Apron-strings: ...a Story for All Mothers who Have Daughters and for All by Eleanor Gates (1917)
"... and very rosy kewpie —blessed with little raiment but many charms. " Baa-aa-ah!
"—a gesture of disgust, and the kewpie was cast upon the lawn. ..."
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