"gazelle in the garden" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1990, Judith Roman, Annie Adams Fields: the spirit of Charles Street, page 12",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1922, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow, Random memories, page 35",
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          "ref": "1956, Louise Hall Tharp, page 254",
          "text": "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."
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        "(euphemistic, colloquial) Used during a meal to alert a family member or friend that they have a crumb on their face."
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          "word": "gazelle on the lawn"
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  "word": "gazelle in the garden"
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