Virginia fence
Example Sentences
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They will be so much magnified as to present very much the appearance of a Virginia fence.
From Sevenoaks by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland
I would go rods out of my way to get around a great bowlder, and come upon a conglomeration of big trees which had tumbled about till they made a Virginia fence fifteen feet high.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Frederic Mayer Bird
This particular cow inhabited a small paddock by the roadside, which was enclosed by a Virginia fence, and contained very little grass, and no provision for shade and shelter.
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage
Or does it educate in inductive philosophy to chase a pig through a Virginia fence?
From Russell H. Conwell by Agnes Rush Burr
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
