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gargoyle

[gahr-goil] / ˈgɑr gɔɪl /
NOUN
carved grotesque figure acting as a spout
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A host of celebrity judges have to decide whether they’re seeing an elaborate cake or Halloween decor like a jack-o-lantern, a black cat and a gargoyle.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Brutalist” is a staggering and worthwhile epic that needed to scale back just a bit, like a building with one too many gargoyles.

From Los Angeles Times

A former tattooist who left a woman "looking like a gargoyle" after giving her botched face fillers had been posing as a doctor at his aesthetics clinic, a BBC investigation has revealed.

From BBC

He talked about going to an art show at the studio, and he saw a piece of a bunch of gargoyles sitting on a log flying kites.

From Los Angeles Times

A freeze frame of a frozen-faced Biden — taken from his wretched debate performance — loomed from the big screen in the convention hall like a geriatric gargoyle.

From Los Angeles Times