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

coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

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Historical Examples of bandersnatch

We expected to see a Bandersnatch every minute, didn't we, Noël?
Oswald Bastable and Others
Edith Nesbit
After all, I need a bandersnatch, dont I, to keep me straight?
The Confounding of Camelia
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
I am sure you look like a bandersnatch; a biting, snarling creature.
The Confounding of Camelia
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Any number of natives with knives were preferable to a Bandersnatch.
Insidekick
Jesse Franklin Bone
There might be things in the Devan Forest worse than a Bandersnatch.
Insidekick
Jesse Franklin Bone