Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of rose garden.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word rose-garden.

Examples

  • One short-term wheeze is that the day after the May elections and referendum – whoever has won – Cameron and Nick Clegg will do a joint press conference renewing their rose-garden vows.

    David Davis takes up challenge to prepare next round of Tory policies 2011

  • Probably both the rose-garden concept and the book title contributed to the idea of referring to a collection of written prayers and devotions as a metaphorical rosary, such as the 1526 Rosary of Our Savyour Jesu or the 1533 Mystik sweet Rosary of the faytheful soule.

    Archive 2009-07-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • When the roses were in bloom, these patches in the midst of the sand displayed such a profusion of blossoms, mingled with the aroma of the bayberry, that no Italian or other artificial rose-garden could equal them.

    2007 August : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2 2007

  • Probably both the rose-garden concept and the book title contributed to the idea of referring to a collection of written prayers and devotions as a metaphorical rosary, such as the 1526 Rosary of Our Savyour Jesu or the 1533 Mystik sweet Rosary of the faytheful soule.

    The Name of the Rosary elena maria vidal 2009

  • The most skilled gardeners in America were hired to design and lay out the immense park, containing an enclosure for deer, a rose-garden, an Italian vineyard, and other accessories.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • When the roses were in bloom, these patches in the midst of the sand displayed such a profusion of blossoms, mingled with the aroma of the bayberry, that no Italian or other artificial rose-garden could equal them.

    Postcard : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • Had not she her own children and affairs? her brood of fowls, her Sunday-school, her melon-beds, her rose-garden, her quarrel with the parson, etc., to attend to?

    The Newcomes 2006

  • And the final twist, revealed through a few bars of music whistled during a televised rose-garden interview with the President, is that even paranoids have real enemies.

    12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • And the final twist, revealed through a few bars of music whistled during a televised rose-garden interview with the President, is that even paranoids have real enemies.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Miss Snark 2006

  • Hugh Hawbuck are introduced into the garden with brazen effrontery by Thomas, who says, ‘Please Sir Jan and my Lady to walk this year way: I KNOW Missus is in the rose-garden.’

    The Book of Snobs 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.