Virginia fence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Virginia fence
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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They will be so much magnified as to present very much the appearance of a Virginia fence.
From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)
This particular cow inhabited a small paddock by the roadside, which was enclosed by a Virginia fence, and contained very little grass, and no provision for shade and shelter.
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
Sitting on a Virginia fence is the only exercise I remember that suggests the exceeding narrowness of the benches at the ragpickers' ball.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various
I do not suppose he liked a Virginia fence better than Cobbett did.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various
I would go rods out of my way to get around a great bowlder, and come upon a conglomeration of big trees which had tumbled about till they made a Virginia fence fifteen feet high.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer
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