snallygastern.
/ˈsnalɪɡɑːstə//ˈsnalɪɡastə/ U.S. dialect.
A mythical monster supposedly found in Maryland. Cf. snollygoster n.
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1940 Maryland (Writers' Program) 348 Residents of a Negro settlement near the distillery are firm in their belief that the neighborhood has a ‘snallygaster’—a fabulous reptilian bird of vast size that preys on poultry and Negro children after nightfall.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 28 July 14/1 (heading) Could it have been a snallygaster?
1954 Sunday Sun (Baltimore) 31 Oct. (Mag.) (recto front cover) Is this, at last, the snallygaster that has been said to terrorize Western Maryland but that most people have considered legendary?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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