Garden gnome
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A garden gnome or lawn gnome is a figurine of a small humanoid creature, usually wearing a pointy hat, produced for the purpose of ornamentation on front lawns or in gardens.These figurines originated in 19th-century Germany, where they became known as Gartenzwerg (garden dwarf). The application of the term gnome in English is first attested in the 1930s.
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See also
- Kitsch
- Garden ornament
- Front yard
- Garden gnome liberationists
- Gnomeo & Juliet, a movie with garden gnomes as protagonists
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