bob wire

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; by folk etymology

So I want you to take an order for some posts and bob wire and steeples.

You wasn't crazy about workin' with bob wire then, I noticed.

The water had come up and covered it up to the tops of the bob-wire fence posts.

After it had been healed a couple years I then scratched the place on a bob wire that inflamed it.

He rolled under the bob-wire fence and started down between the com rows as hard as he could go.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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