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garden-path
[ gahr-dn-path, -pahth ]
/ ˈgɑr dnˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ /
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adjective
noting or pertaining to a sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly because its beginning suggests it has an interpretation that it clearly does not have.
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