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  • noun Plural form of fencepost.

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Examples

  • There was no lack of blossoms; it was one of those years when beekeepers say that “the fenceposts give honey.”

    A Different Stripe 2010

  • There was no lack of blossoms; it was one of those years when beekeepers say that “the fenceposts give honey.”

    "An insect from the moon"—Ernst Jünger's Glass Bees 2010

  • I've seen 6 trees whittled down to nothing and fenceposts whittled down and broke off.

    Is there a certain type of tree that deer make rubs on? Thanks! 2010

  • I raised a pen full of pheasants a few years ago, both for the sake of my own enjoyment and to field train my bird dog. it was completely encased in chicken-wire fencing, and anchored to the ground with those steel fenceposts.

    On Oregon Ranchers and Wolves 2009

  • I've seen 6 trees whittled down to nothing and fenceposts whittled down and broke off.

    Is there a certain type of tree that deer make rubs on? Thanks! 2010

  • All I could see the whole way was fence and what looked like cameras on the fenceposts from time to time.

    Messages to Mars Hugh Barlow 2011

  • There was no lack of blossoms; it was one of those years when beekeepers say that “the fenceposts give honey.”

    Commonplace 2010

  • There was no lack of blossoms; it was one of those years when beekeepers say that “the fenceposts give honey.”

    A Different Stripe: 2010

  • You are right ... it's my own fault for not chaining my lawnmowers up to fenceposts and the like.

    Unwelcome addition (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • I raised a pen full of pheasants a few years ago, both for the sake of my own enjoyment and to field train my bird dog. it was completely encased in chicken-wire fencing, and anchored to the ground with those steel fenceposts.

    On Oregon Ranchers and Wolves 2009

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