Kewpie
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- proper noun
- /ˈkjuːpi/
- The little girl smiled as she hugged her new Kewpie doll tightly.
- Kewpie doll
Examples
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Hurricane Frances is pounding the Florida coast... ...harder than a strongman trying to win a Kewpie doll at a carnival!
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HEY, YO, FRIAR TUCK, STEP RIGHT UP AND WIN A KEWPIE DOLL.
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You did not win the Kewpie Doll that time.
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Who wants to take a chance to win a Kewpie Doll?
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You just won a Kewpie Doll.
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Will you try it again and win a nice Kewpie Doll for the lady?
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Now, what are a couple of Kewpie dolls like you doing in a place like this?
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Now what are a couple of Kewpie dolls like you doing in a place like this?
Fiction book (1991) -
Don't you look like a little Kewpie doll?
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There was no way that... the middle-aged Kewpie doll really thought... that Miss America was in the cards.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small toy that looks like a person for children to play with
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kewpie dolls began as small drawings by artist Rose O'Neill and the name is a playful change of Cupid, the 'little god of love', which is why the dolls look like chubby, smiling babies with a tiny hair curl on top.