Caractacus
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"The things that we found out, it did seem like he was a kind of Wallace and Gromit or Caractacus Potts type," says Taylor.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 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
Finally, Jefferson mounted his horse, a six-year-old stallion named Caractacus, and galloped through a forest of chestnut trees.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2017
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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