The story
Perhaps a blend of golly + polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton′s 1895 children′s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls — and a ‘Golliwogg’.
First known use, by meaning
- From 1920. A hairy caterpillar.
- From ca 1930. A receiver of stolen goods.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.