snozzcumber

noun · /SNOZ-kum-ber/

A snozzcumber is a made-up vegetable from Roald Dahl’s story The BFG. It is long like a cucumber, but it tastes very yucky to the Big Friendly Giant.

In a sentence

  • "The BFG took a bite of the snozzcumber and made a very unhappy face."
  • "Sophie looked at the giant snozzcumber and decided she was not hungry after all."

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