Virginia fence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Virginia fence
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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The logs were laid one above another, to the height of four feet, intersecting at the corners of the houses like the rails of a Virginia fence.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
In a large pen or 'corral' built of railroad-ties, in a manner partaking of a Virginia fence, a log-cabin, and a block fortress, were a cage of youthful bears and cages of other animals.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
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)
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
Or does it educate in inductive philosophy to chase a pig through a Virginia fence?
From Russell H. Conwell by Burr, Agnes Rush
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