snake fence
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On either side of the lane, cutting it off from the fields, straggled a zigzag snake fence, with milk-weed, tansy, and mullein growing raggedly in its corners.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
The next evening found him seated comfortably on the top rail of the snake fence which separated his upland pasture from the closely pressing forest.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
Jim Hutch and Jimmie Greeley drifted down to Rattlesnake at sundown and joined the laughter-weakened group perched upon Charlie's snake fence.
From Down the Mother Lode by Hemphill, Vivia
‘I’m that beset I dunno where I’m standin’, for Miss Hardin’s been as crooked as a snake fence, an’ as contrairy as a yearlin’ colt, an’ the childern dew train awful.’
From A Princess in Calico by Black, Edith Ferguson
And though the old snake fence must fall, 'Twas easy made, axe, wedge and maul, Were all the tools the pioneer Required the old rail fence to rear.
From Poems of James McIntyre by McIntyre, James
