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chicken wire
noun
- a light, wire netting having a large, hexagonal mesh, used especially as fencing.
chicken wire
noun
- wire netting with a hexagonal mesh
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chicken wire1
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
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Example Sentences
It is made of chicken wire and neoprene, and was donated to Jones by a fan.
From The Daily Beast
So Bumper found himself alone in the garden, or rather in a pen shut off from the rest of the garden by stout chicken wire.
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These trees are planted two feet apart in the row and are tied up to a trellis of chicken wire.
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For artillery cover this was knotted in fish nets and chicken wire.
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Six-foot chicken wire will be high enough to enclose the run.
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Viewed close up the completed article looks to be exactly what it is—chicken wire festooned thickly with gaudy rags.
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