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hedge-breaking

hedge-breaking noun: the crime of cutting and taking away branches of a hedge.

Noun

hedge-breaking (uncountable)

  1. The crime of cutting and taking away branches of a hedge.
    • Might she not, being perhaps accustomed to Hedge-breaking her self, be able to inform her, that there were no Sticks to be had at Cromer?1712, The Case of the Hertfordshire Witchcraft Consider'd, London, page 13
    • But the holiday was for all, the rapture of awakening Nature for all, the various outdoor joys of puddles and sun and hedge-breaking for all.1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 8

Questions about hedge-breaking

What does hedge-breaking mean?
Hedge-breaking means the crime of cutting and taking away branches of a hedge.
What part of speech is hedge-breaking?
Hedge-breaking is a noun.

Words near hedge-breaking in the dictionary

  1. hedge whores
  2. hedge witch
  3. hedge witches
  4. hedge wizard
  5. hedge wizards
  6. hedge-breaking
  7. hedge-clippers
  8. hedge-diving
  9. hedge-hog
  10. hedge-hogs
  11. hedge-hop

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