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Kewpie

American  
[kyoo-pee] / ˈkju pi /
Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a small, very plump doll with a topknot, usually made of plaster or celluloid.


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And yes, sometimes that means recommending specialty ingredients genuinely worthy of a relative splurge: the good vanilla, candied citrus, Kewpie over the bottom-shelf mayonnaise.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

Winner of the Kewpie doll is a Washington Post writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Take the Kewpie Doll, which used to be made out of fragile bisque porcelain until the invention of celluloid turned her future around.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Food company Kewpie, known for its distinctly flavoured mayonnaise made from egg yolks, is raising prices by up to 21% starting this month.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023

I received a Kewpie doll, Father got bookends, and so on.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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