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n. A plump doll with a curl of hair on its head.
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"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 recorded the song twice, on March 4, 1958 and March 11, 1958. The second recording was the basis for its single releases:
- In the United States, on RCA Victor, as a 78rpm single ( catalog number 20-7202), a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-7202), and a stereophonic 45rpm single (catalog number 61-7202) (flip side: " Dance Only with Me") (#6 on the Billboard chart)
- In the United Kingdom, on RCA as a 78rpm single (catalog number 1055) (flip side: " Dance Only with Me") (#8 on the UK charts)
- In Germany, on RCA as a 45rpm single (catalog number 47-9182) (flip side: " It's a Good Day")
The recording by Frankie Vaughan was issued on Philips P.B. 825, and reached #10 in the UK singles chart.
Usage examples of "kewpie doll".
I want to ride every ride and win at least a Kewpie doll at the booths.
I want to ride every ride and win at least a Kewpie doll at the booths .
I want to ride every ride and win at least a Kewpie doll at the booths….
Like she says one time, she says, 'I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor an' a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're running a parlor house.
Her 1910 Kewpie doll with its rubber head like an inverted teardrop.
Knock down the three wooden milk-bottles with one ball and win the Kewpie doll.
Sure enough, when it was time for the safety demonstration, there was the Kewpie doll, right at the head of my row.
I found the candles behind the Kewpie doll with its glazed dead man's eyes.
I looked under a Sears catalogue and behind a Kewpie doll from Taiwan that I had won at the Fryeburg Fair knocking over wooden milk bottles with tennis balls.