Words at Play : Monster of the Day
"In the Northwest, the hirsute hominid, who dates to American Indian lore as Sasquatch, is a minor industry." Timothy Egan, New York Times, January 3, 2003
Definition:
: a hairy creature like a human being that is reported to exist in the northwestern U.S. and western Canada and is said to be a primate between 6 and 15 feet (1.8 and 4.6 meters) tall called also bigfoot
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