bandersnatch
[ ban-der-snach ]
noun
an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
a person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., especially one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like.
Origin of bandersnatch
1Coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass (1871)
Words Nearby bandersnatch
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How to use bandersnatch in a sentence
It would be more delightful if he could also fetch the mighty glyptodon, the terrible dinotherium, and the stately bandersnatch.
The Librarian at Play | Edmund Lester PearsonPerhaps the philologists of the future may theorise as sapiently as to the origin of jabberwock and bandersnatch.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest Weekleybandersnatch's name never even appeared on the race-card last week.
After all, I need a bandersnatch, dont I, to keep me straight?
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas SedgwickI am sure you look like a bandersnatch; a biting, snarling creature.
The Confounding of Camelia | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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