Caractacus
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A windmill that was used as Caractacus Potts's home in the 1967 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has gone up for sale.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023
He was the youngest jockey to win that race since 16-year-old John Parsons triumphed in 1862 on a horse called Caractacus.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2022
It stars Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts, a widowed inventor who creates a magical car — Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — that can float and fly.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2020
Van Dyke played the eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," which was co-written by Roald Dahl and was based on a story by Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame.
From US News • Aug. 15, 2016
“Because of the evidence of one Caractacus Burke,” said Dumbledore, “who, by an odd coincidence, helped found the very shop whence came the necklace we have just been discussing.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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