Meanings
plural plangonologists
- rareA person who collects dolls.
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One of the most famous (and sought after by the Plangonologists — the curious term doll-collectors have given themselves) was the Autoperipatetikos patented in America in 1863, a chinaheaded doll worked by clockwork which performed a stepping motion on her own feet and not on wheels as in some earlier models.
1966, Mary Hillier, Pageant of Toys, page 80
Origin
- Ancient Greekπλαγγών“(wax) doll”
- Englishplangonologist
From Ancient Greek πλαγγών (plangṓn, “(wax) doll”) + -ologist.
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