garter
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Official snake: The giant garter snake is recognized as the official snake of California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
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
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
The garter snake was content in the warm hollow of Tansy’s hand.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The feminine silhouette was defined by ruffles, bustles and slip dresses, complemented by men’s vests fitted with garters, oversized cloth shirts and masculine trousers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
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
In photo shoots, they wore outfits with a Baroque flounce: blazers and ruffled shirts, ascots and sleeve garters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
"When I think now of a Victorian woman lacing up her corset, tying her garters and buttoning her dress, I think of a woman dressing sensibly for a hard day of work ahead."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013
I had never heard this before and wondered what garters were.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
