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spite fences

spite fences is the plural of spite fence.

Meaning of spite fence

Noun

spite fence (plural spite fences)

  1. A fence constructed or substantially modified to irritate neighbors or any other party with a stake in the surrounding land.
    • Constance Jackson had better watch her ways—she was in grave danger for quarreling with her neighbors; she had erected the only spite fence in the history of the Quarters.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Questions about spite fences

What is spite fences the plural of?
Spite fences is the plural of spite fence.

Words near spite fences in the dictionary

  1. spitchers
  2. spitcup
  3. spitcups
  4. spite
  5. spite fence
  6. spite fences
  7. spite house
  8. spite houses
  9. spite of
  10. spite wall
  11. spite walls

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