First recorded in 1715–25
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Another slip-rail lowered, they drew up at the foot of a steepish hill, beside a sandy little vegetable garden, a shed and a pump.
From The Getting of Wisdom by Richardson, Henry Handel
None the less was it probable, as her mistress well knew, that if slip-rail or panel was down she would be at her old home by morning light.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
It was pitch dark, and I had just crawled through a slip-rail, making for a pad to Braun's, when I brought up all standing, with my outstretched hands on a horse's rump.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
I was half a mind not, but then something seemed to draw me, and I was off my horse and had the slip-rail down before I knew where I was.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
Darkness had settled down when horse and rider reached the slip-rail at the entrance of the field before Frank’s house.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.
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