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harvest doll

noun
variants: or harvest mother or harvest queen

Definition of harvest doll 

: a doll decorated with grain and flowers or an image made from the last sheaf cut in the harvest and used in European celebrations of the harvest home

— called also kirn baby, mell-doll

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