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stone fence
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Slang, Obs.
a mixed drink, such as cider and brandy.
1853
 
The Doctor, as he said, used to "improve" it, making what he called, a "stone fence," by inserting a small
soupçon
of brandy from a pocket-pistol, which he was too much in the habit of carrying about with him in hot weather.