low board
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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If a photographer was close, he'd manage a jackknife off the low board, a rose in his buttonhole or a pretty woman on his arm.
From Time Magazine Archive
A low board table was strewn with dishes and the cold remnants of a hasty repast; benches were placed along the walls.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Beneath is a cross launder closed by a low board.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Only a low board fence separated his grounds from those of M. Longlade, a Frenchman, who had great influence with the savages.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 by Various
"I don't think it's such a very wonderful thing to walk a little, low, board fence," she said.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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