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gargoyle in Dutch

gargoyle in Dutch is waterspuwer — gargoyle means a carved stone figure, often grotesque, that projects from a building and channels rainwater away from the walls.

gargoyle in Dutch

waterspuwer
noun

What does "gargoyle" mean?

  1. noun A carved stone figure, often grotesque, that projects from a building and channels rainwater away from the walls.
    "From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead."
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gargoyle in a sentence

  • From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
  • The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico.

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What is "gargoyle" in Dutch?
"gargoyle" in Dutch is waterspuwer. gargoyle means: A carved stone figure, often grotesque, that projects from a building and channels rainwater away from the walls.
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