rabbit-wire
rabbit n On the verandah were four out-of-door patients to whom fresh air was essential. One had a tubercular spine. . . Around these fresh-air cases the verandah was netted with rabbit-wire. That was to keep the dogs from breaking in and possibly eating the patients, who were in mortal terror of th...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71681 |
| Summary: | rabbit n On the verandah were four out-of-door patients to whom fresh air was essential. One had a tubercular spine. . . Around these fresh-air cases the verandah was netted with rabbit-wire. That was to keep the dogs from breaking in and possibly eating the patients, who were in mortal terror of the dogs. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit APR 1975 G.M. Story JH APR 1975 Used I and Sup Used I Used I There is a square bracket drawn on the left side of the quote (lines 3-5); only a small portion of the quote is used in the dictionary ("Around" (line 3) to "rabbit-wire" (line 5)); there are marks drawn at the start and end of the used portion. |
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