bandersnatch

bandersnatch
/ban"deuhr snach'/, n.
1. an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
2. a person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., esp. one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like.
[coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass (1871)]

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