gargoylelike

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1. Like a gargoyle.

   On the wall hung paintings of the djab—the devil—gargoylelike with protruding red tongues pierced by red dagger and lightning bolts […].

   1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 227

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   The set was enormous, with lots of big scaffolds, and there was giant statue of a gargoyle-like character with a high forehead (which we joked looked a bit like Paul Berrow).

   2008, Andy Taylor, Wild Boy