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- noun An instance of a type of
demon held to be harmful tohumans .
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Examples
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In the store of the aged Mr. Wing (Keye Luke), Rand acquires a strange and adorable creature called a "mogwai", whom Rand christens "Gizmo" and gives to Billy as a pet.
Home Theater Forum Stephen_J_H 2009
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I may be a conservative and have a natural urge to hate everything but dammit who could deny the cuteness of the mogwai?
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His old mogwai Gizmo ends up the building and somehow gets wet, and Bill and company have to save the day once again from the evil gremlins that spawn.
Nick Carr: The Complete New York City Horror Movie Marathon! Nick Carr 2010
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His old mogwai Gizmo ends up the building and somehow gets wet, and Bill and company have to save the day once again from the evil gremlins that spawn.
Nick Carr: The Complete New York City Horror Movie Marathon! Nick Carr 2010
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Nobody cares about Yoda because he looks like a bad CG mogwai got it on with a gremlin.
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His old mogwai Gizmo ends up the building and somehow gets wet, and Bill and company have to save the day once again from the evil gremlins that spawn.
Nick Carr: The Complete New York City Horror Movie Marathon! Nick Carr 2010
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His old mogwai Gizmo ends up the building and somehow gets wet, and Bill and company have to save the day once again from the evil gremlins that spawn.
Nick Carr: The Complete New York City Horror Movie Marathon! Nick Carr 2010
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A cynic might suspect excess media coaching, but then it's not an easy thing to go on "Today" and discuss your inner "gremlins" -- which Spitzer said he was in the process of confronting, as though he were a cartoon action hero battling malevolent mogwai.
Why is Eliot Spitzer on TV? Because disgrace doesn't stick like it used to. Laura Kipnis 2010
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Last year for Xmas, my little sister got me a 1: 1 scale plush toy of Gizmo, the cute and cuddly mogwai that indirectly unleashed hell in a small Middle America town on Christmas Eve.
Flixnjoystix.com! » FlixnJoystix Presents…Bobert’s Favorite Xmas Movies! 2008
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But then if they do and with the added 3D to provide more visual mayhem it will no doubt be a big hit, with those who loved it originally turning out for more mogwai fun, myself included.
Gremlins 3 in Development, Studio Aiming for 3-D? | /Film 2010
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