worm fence

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But only a moment, for he turned quickly away, the tears starting to his eyes, walked rapidly through the woods, climbed the worm fence beyond, and dropped, sobbing, in the thick bluegrass.

From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by Fox, John

The old "worm" fence went down, and as Dan piled up some loose rails before him, a creeping brier tore his fingers until the blood spurted upon his sleeve.

From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

He was the strongest man I ever knew, and has been known to lift a man of his own weight and throw him over a worm fence.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)

A tuft of oxeye daisies in the shelter of a ruinous worm fence attracted him, and he reined the cob from the highway to fetch them.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

The Mormons in most cases fired from their houses, while the Antis found such shelter as they could in a cornfield and along a worm fence.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander