What does gnomicide mean?
Gnomicide means The destroying of a gnome..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The destroying of a gnome..
“At 4 a.m. they came back. I looked out the door, and they were struggling with the gnome which was tangled in its own wiring. They dashed it to the ground!” Plainly there was some boorish hoodlumism by youths old enough to know better. Then the lady who had charged one of several youths with gnomicide conceded, unfortunately for her: “I didn’t see the face of the man who did the damage — but the police must know. He came from the party anyway.”
In recent years it has been shown that the non-U value of a gnome can be increased by cavity filling. […] The following badmixtures shall not be used. […] (b) Crocodileite (green asbestos), which can lead to gnomicide.
Gnomicide in the rockery / Garden gnomes have sold in their millions over the years but, as EMMA WALKER reports, their days are numbered […] Richard Sewell, of Peter Barratt’s Garden Centre, in Gosforth, Newcastle, confirmed: “Gnomes would appear to have gone out of fashion.[…]”
Adam and Eve seem not have worried about what to put at the bottom of the garden but since the renaissance it has been a real worry, now often answered with a gnome fishing in a tiny pond. Plumptre, and his co-authors, would commit gnomicide if they saw such a thing.
She gave me a list of the injured. Looks like Gnome Chomsky lost most of his butt. […] Which would have bought me swift banishment to the basement if I hadn’t already been banished for my now notorious gnomicide.
The Aussie gnome eliminators have finally gained access to the net in order to show the rest of us their campaign successes. Their site features a veritable cornucopia of photographs and stories from the front lines of neighbourhoods from around the world. Among the casualties of this brutal Gnomicide are Snow White and her Seven Dwarves.
‘Have you seen this one-legged gnome? 30cm tall. Wearing a red hat and green coat. Carrying a broken spade.’ / ‘A broken spade?’ I said. ‘And only one leg?’ / ‘Well it had two,’ said Joss, ‘until last month, when Mr King accidentally ran over it with his lawn mower.’ / ‘Perhaps it wasn’t an accident,’ I said. ‘Perhaps it was attempted murder. Gnomicide!’
Gnomicide[…] Mewsli had started to put some of the broken pieces together. She held up in one grey paw part of a brightly painted face with red cheeks and a red nose. “It’s a garden gnome,” said J.S. “Or it was, and a very ugly one at that.” […] “Well....er....I solved the gnomicide case..”
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Gnomicide means The destroying of a gnome..
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“At 4 a.m. they came back. I looked out the door, and they were struggling with the gnome which was tangled in its own wiring. They dashed it to the ground!” Plainly there was some boorish hoodlumism by youths old enough to know better. Then the lady who had charged one of several youths with gnomicide conceded, unfortunately for her: “I didn’t see the face of the man who did the damage — but the police must know. He came from the party anyway.”
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