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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags.
WordNet
n. a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted
Wikipedia
A rag doll is a children's toy. It is a cloth figure, a doll traditionally home-made from (and stuffed with) spare scraps of material. They are one of the most ancient children's toys in existence; the British Museum has a Roman rag doll, found in a child's grave dating from the 1st-5th century AD. Amish dolls are a type of traditional American rag dolls which originated as children's toys among the Old Order Amish people. The best-known type have no facial features. Today, many rag dolls are commercially produced to simulate the features of the original home-made dolls, such as simple features, soft cloth bodies, and patchwork clothing.
Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, like the 19th century character Golliwogg, Raggedy Ann in the 1918 book by Johnny Gruelle and the British children's television series Bagpuss Ragdolly Anna and the popular "Raggybaggy". The character of Sally from the Tim Burton film The Nightmare Before Christmas is also a rag doll.
The Rag Doll (Peter Merkel) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. He was first introduced as an adversary for the Golden age Flash in a story published in Flash Comics #36 (December 1942). In the series Starman, James Robinson has revived the character, giving him a darker reimagining.
His son, Peter Merkel, Jr., most recently used his father's name as a member of the Secret Six.
A rag doll is a toy.
Rag doll or Ragdoll may also refer to:
- Ragdoll, a breed of cats
- Rag Doll (comics), a fictional character in the DC Comics universe
- Ragdoll (film), a 1999 film by Ted Nicolaou
- Ragdoll physics, a video game physics model
- Ragdoll Productions, a British producer of television programmes for children
In music:
- "Rag Doll" (Aerosmith song)
- "Rag Doll" (The Four Seasons song)
- "Ragdoll", a song by Ashlee Simpson from Bittersweet World
- "Ragdoll", a song by David Geraghty from Kill Your Darlings
- Rag Doll (band), a 1970s English duo featuring Geoff Leigh and Cathy Williams
- Rag Doll, a 1990s American band featuring Rod Jackson
- "Rag Doll", a song by Art Garfunkel from Breakaway
"Rag Doll" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It is from the 1987 album Permanent Vacation. It was released as the final single from the album in 1988. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance, and Holly Knight.
Rag Doll (Peter Merkel, Jr.) is a fictional character, a supervillain and anti-hero in the DC Comics Universe. He first appeared in Villains United #1 (July 2005), and was created by Gail Simone and Dale Eaglesham. He is a member of the Secret Six and the son of the original Rag Doll, Peter Merkel.
Rag Doll released in the US as Young, Willing and Eager is a 1961 British B-movie crime film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring actor and singer Jess Conrad. The film gained a new audience in the 2000s in response to Conrad's elevation to cult status as a purveyor of late-1950s and early-1960s pre-Beatles British kitsch, and received a Region 2 DVD release in 2009 in a double bill with Comfort's 1962 film The Painted Smile.
"Rag Doll" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded by The Four Seasons and released as a single in 1964. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 18, 1964, and remained on top for two weeks. According to songwriter Bob Gaudio, the recording was inspired by a dirty-faced little girl, about 5 years old, dressed in ragged clothes. At stop lights, children in the neighborhood would run into the street and clean windshields for spare change; but this little girl could only reach high enough to clean the driver side mirror of his automobile. When Gaudio reached into his wallet, all he had were notes, none smaller than $20. He gave the girl a twenty dollar bill (Gaudio has also said it was a $5 or a $10). Her astonishment stayed in Gaudio's mind as he approached the recording studio. "Rag Doll", with a few tweaks by Bob Crewe, was the result. The song was also a number one hit in Canada, and reached number two in the UK and number four in Ireland.
The B-side was the original version of " Silence Is Golden." In 1967 the song was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for the English band The Tremeloes.
In 2010, radio station WCBS-FM in New York City ranked the Four Seasons' "Rag Doll" as the number-one song of all time, as voted on by its listeners.
Usage examples of "rag doll".
The few times that he was left to himself, he took the rag doll from its new hiding place behind the wardrobe and just held it, looking down at the blank circle of cloth where its face should be.
The beast was close enough for Tommy to see its radiant green eyes in the pale face of the Samaritan, as improbable and frightening in the countenance of the fat man as in that of the rag doll.
Nasty Jack Starlight and his living rag doll were singing and dancing for the dead.
Up on the stage, in two brilliant following spotlights was Nasty Jack Starlight with his life-sized living rag doll partner, singing and dancing.
A poor, painted smile, witless, demented, grim, the inane smile of a rag doll.
The only things missing were the old rag doll and Brother's sullen presence.
When the riders tied the corpse over the saddle, Jill made herself look at it, flopping like her rag doll, not a man anymore at all.
He hit the frozen snow badly, bending like a flung rag doll, and then skidding away across the ice, spinning as he went.
She felt as limp and weak as a rag doll, utterly in his control, but when he caressed her, his hand trembling on her breast, she felt her lust rising to match his.
She gasped as he abruptly lifted her and tossed her over his shoulder again, as effortlessly as if she were a rag doll.
Harper finished loading his seven-barrelled gun, then picked up a small rag doll that had been discarded under the garden bench.
A rag doll was losing one leg, and a rubberized one had grown brittle with age.