Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gazelle in the garden

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: gazelle in the -gar-den
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used during a meal to alert a family member or friend that they have a crumb on their face.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"The other ubiquitous anecdote, told by Harvard undergraduates who enjoyed poking gentle fun at the stately and aged Mrs. Fields, describes Annie saying "There's a gazelle in the garden" when she noticed food in her husband's beard at the dinner table."
"If he got a crumb lodged in his beard, she would say, "Jamie, dear, there is a gazelle in the garden," which amused his friends and became a household expression in our family."
"At one of their literary dinners, should a crumb get caught in the luxuriant Fields beard — "There's a gazelle in the garden, Jamie," his wife would say."

Etymology

Possibly from an Arabic word that means both beard and garden.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

gazelle on the lawn

Questions

What does gazelle in the garden mean?: Used during a meal to alert a family member or friend that they have a crumb on their face.
Where does gazelle in the garden come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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