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Bigfoot

big·foot

UK/ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ US/ˈbɪˌɡfʊt/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada

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Origin

August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints.

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