quickset

Example Sentences

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Soon they reached the road and Hazel halted among the quickset on top of the nearer bank.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Then, seeing that Bertie had picked himself up, and was preparing to escape by scrambling through a quickset hedge into a field of uncut hay-- "Stop!" he cried.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

There was a low green quickset hedge dividing the cottage garden from the road, and a open wooden gate.

From Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves by Broderip, Frances Freeling

A Funny Man There was a man of Newington,   And he was wondrous wise, He jump'd into a quickset hedge   And scratch'd out both his eyes.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

He was a short, thick man of enormous physical strength, and he sported a beard like a quickset hedge, hence his nickname.

From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert