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garter

[gahr-ter] / ˈgɑr tər /


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When mice invaded his house, he didn’t poison them but enlisted the help of a garter snake he found outside.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

The question for the giant garter snake’s future lies in whether it was saved in time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2025

Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.

From Slate May 25, 2024

For the first time, researchers — employing an innovative twist on the mirror test — have found evidence that garter snakes can distinguish themselves from others, using not sight but scent.

From New York Times Apr. 3, 2024

Glenn handed over a skinny little more-or-less green garter snake, ten or so inches long.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Every star who has taken up the character’s corset and garters since has followed his lead.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Men could wear blouses and shirts on the outside, while women could do away with their corsets, stockings, and garters.

From National Geographic Jan. 9, 2024

Elasticized waistbands, knee-high socks and garters, painted a picture of comfortable chic.

From Seattle Times Jun. 24, 2023

Those garters, by the way, are the most extensive and colorful I’ve ever seen in a production of “Twelfth Night,” and Mr. Adkins wears them with appropriately laughable pride.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2011

Then black stockings, rolled over garters, down to her high-topped, year-round Sunday-and-funeral shoes.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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