I think Betty had six sisters, which is why Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Grables.
You forgot to mention their Uncle
Gables
who Hawthorne described as as a cowboy who often pretended he was a colorful sidekick in the Old West.
Do you mean
Gabby Hayes?
If so, you’d do well to be informed that that term refers to nightclubs where singers entertain. Liza Minnelli starred in a movie about one.
No, no, no! Cabaret is a variety of red wine.
But surely a cabernetis the piece of furniture you store the wine in?
Unless I am very much mistaken, a cabinet is a polished unfaceted gemstone.
You are indeed very much mistaken. A
cabochon
is both a type of monkey and a type of monk.
Not unless they grow in the garden, because capuchin is the genus pepper plants are in.
When you started writing you post you were probably right but now
capsicum
refers to a small free-floating biological cell, especially ones occurring in blood.
My, my, my. Not even close. A
corpuscle
is the officer below sergeant
Actually, corporal is an ecosystem with lots of plants like scrub oak. Wild fires are common – in fact, necessary.
Are you trying to tell us you’re the girl who ran calling “Wild fire,” 'cause a
chaparral is where your horse of that name escaped from.
Now, this time I’m going to have to guess that when you say
chaparral
you’re really thinking about the old busybody who hangs out with a young couple to keep them from having any fun
Actually, Wildfire “busted down his stall.” But you’d be wrong anyway, because corral is what the Great Barrier Reef is made of.
I see what you’re trying to say, but
coral
is Billy Bob’s character in Sling Blade
Well, I had to set you up for you post intro; nonetheless, when you suggest
[spouler]coral[/spoiler]
what you mean is the type of song that a group of people go around singing to people’s houses at a particular time during the year, with chaperones if they’re especially young or if they’re wassailing excessively along the way.
No, a carol is a study cubby in a college library.
Well, you’re partially right. Carrels might be found on the outside of the library, since they are female figures used as architectural elements in place of columns.
It’s possible you made a mental slip, since a
Caryatid
is one of those noisy bugs you tend to hear at night in the summer, along with frogs, dogs, and children being molested
No, you’re thinking of katydids, the group of animals that includes llamas, alpacas, and the like.