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English
Etymology
Coined by Lewis Carroll in 1863 (see quotation).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bandersnatch
- An obscure fictional creature mentioned in two of Lewis Carroll's poems.
1863, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There:Beware the jabberwock, my son.
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch
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