gnome

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A couple have won a legal battle over a tiny strip of grass outside their house, after a neighbour tried to claim it as their own with a garden gnome.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Gromit's concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a smart gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

“It was a simple idea of, ‘What if Wallace invents a smart gnome, a robot gnome, to help Gromit in the garden, and things inevitably go wrong?’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

John McGovern and his wife Erin made the trek to Augusta from Carlsbad, California, and said the gnome was a “targeted item” for them.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Maybe I could cheer her up with a rhyme, but the gnome who brought Red’s message ran away as fast as he could from my message.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff