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Meaning of hedge-breaking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The crime of cutting and taking away branches of a hedge.

uncountable

Examples

“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?”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

hedge-clippers hedge-diving hedge-note hedge-row hedge-trimmer hedgeapple

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