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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 • Oct. 27, 2025

Mr Palmen, 61, said: "I find the gargoyle very amusing, I'm using it as my Facebook profile picture."

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

Kimbrough also lent his voice to a gargoyle named Victor in Disney’s animated film “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2023

It’s a live-action cartoon with rat-a-tat guns and laughs, and gargoyle villains right out of Dick Tracy.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2020

Harry waited until he was quite sure she had gone, then hurried off again until he reached the spot in the seventh-floor corridor where a single gargoyle stood against the wall.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling



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