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Mahdiw Posted 4 years ago
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What does 'Gulpin gargoyle' mean?

'Well-I don't like saying the name if I can help it. No one does.''Why not?''Gulpin' gargoyle, Harry, people are still scared.
  

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", purposely made-up to fit into the fictional world of Harry Potter. Here's a gargoyle (a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building): CJ

  • ", purposely made-up to fit into the fictional world of Harry Potter.
  • Here's a gargoyle (a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building): CJ
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mahdiwGulpin' gargoyle

(A shortening of 'gulping gargoyle'.)

It's an expression of surprise similar to "Heavens!" or "Gosh!", purposely made-up to fit into the fictional world of Harry Potter.

Here's a gargoyle (a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building):

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